Author: Jason Shrum

  • Bob Dylan Doesn’t Disappoint

    Bob Dylan Doesn’t Disappoint

    Dylan Plays for Intimate Viewing at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville What can I write about Bob Dylan that has not been scribed before. Literally nothing I say here can be new.  Can it?  I mean, it is my personal experience.  It is my reaction and my feelings; in that sense this is original. However, this…

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  • The Cobra is Home

    The Cobra is Home

    Performances by Loose Bolts, Sweet Mylo and Arily Michele I’ve been looking for that quintessential dive bar and music venue combo since I got here to Nashville via Seattle.  On Saturday night, I finally found it at The Cobra. The Cobra reminds me of a place where I used to go for cheap drinks and…

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  • Tuesday at The Opry

    Tuesday at The Opry

    Performances by Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, Chris Janson, Ella Langley, John Pardi, Riders In The Sky, and Maggie Rose If you want to see music in Nashville, the Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium are like air and water, because they are necessities. I had a chance to visit the Ryman on January 29th and…

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  • The Blue Room Leaves Us Anything But Blue

    The Blue Room Leaves Us Anything But Blue

    Oh Boy Records presents Mick Flannery, Emily Scott Robinson and Arlo McKinley It’s Friday night and we all wait patiently outside The Blue Room, which is adjacent to Third Man Records, which is former White Stripes front man Jack White’s project. I know I’m super stoked for this show, as there are three musicians on…

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  • Dropkick Murphy’s Sham’Rock Nashville

    Dropkick Murphy’s Sham’Rock Nashville

    Dropkick Murphy’s with Pennywise and The Scratch Saint Patrick’s Day came early for Nashville this year as the Dropkick Murphy’s, Pennywise and a young, up and coming band known as The Scratch strolled into Marathon Music Works.  On a personal note, the last time that I saw the Dropkick Murphy’s with Pennywise ,was in the…

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  • Losing a Legend

    Losing a Legend

    Iconic Engineer and Frontman, Steve Albini has passed at age 61 Today the world has lost an absolute legend in the music industry. It was announced earlier today that Albini, age, 61, had suffered a heart attack and passed away. Steve was a recording “engineer” or “producer” or maybe producing engineer is the better term.…

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