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Hollywood With A Touch of Twang
One of the best things about moving to a new city is discovering its local cuisine and the favorite hot spots of its residents. In Nashville, this means being in the company of some chart topping artists and well-known songwriters. Since my move to this great city, which was almost a year ago (WOW!), readers, friends and family have asked me my recommendations on my favorite spots in town. Although a bit of a detour from the music-related posts, I put together some of my picks to add to your itinerary if you’re planning a trip to Music City anytime soon. Start your day at one of the great coffee…
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Exclusive: Behind The Session with John Edwards
Tragic Kingdom recently had the opportunity to stop by a studio session with our latest featured songwriter, John Edwards, to preview a few of the newest songs in his catalog. On February 16, Edwards along with Rich Redmond, Kurt Allison, and Tully Kennedy spent the day at Sound Stage Studios in Nashville laying down the tracks. The songs, which included “Bad”, “Our Summer of ’69”, “Stays In Vegas”, and “Your Best Move”, sounded great and with ‘the boys’ adding their hit-making spin, these soon-to-be classics should be burning up the airwaves in no time. Check out this video preview of the tracks, which also gives you a glimpse at what a day…
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I Can Take It
When I moved to Nashville from Denver last fall, I knew things wouldn’t be easy. Meeting new people, integrating into a new environment, and learning my way around a new city were the exciting challenges that I was ready to take on. In the next couple of weeks, I am going to shift focus from music for a minute here and there to introduce you to some of the exciting findings from my journey. While proving to be worth it, the journey to Nashville has been a rough road. When I started going through the catalog of Tragic Kingdom’s first featured songwriter, John Edwards, I couldn’t help but connect with…
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The Harder The Life, The Sweeter The Song
Since moving to Nashville late last year, I have learned one thing: Nashville is full of true talent. It’s not just the songbirds who spit out twangy vocals, this town has musicians (some of the best in the world), engineers, publishers, and songwriters. As a new feature to Tragic Kingdom in 2011, the Songwriter Spotlight will give songwriters a chance to get much needed, and well deserved, attention. First up, is by far one of the most sincere storytellers in town, John Edwards. Born in the hills of Lenior, North Carolina, songwriter John Edwards was destined for success. At the age of three, his mother moved John and his brothers…
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Jason Aldean: My Kinda Party
On the eve of his album release, Tragic Kingdom introduces a new breed to our growing list of featured artists. He’s already sold 3.5 million records worldwide and has spent more time in the last 14 weeks at number one than any other country artist, but it wasn’t until I arrived in Nashville a couple months ago that I took notice of Jason Aldean. I was sitting at a friend’s house listening to one of the tracks from his latest effort, My Kinda Party, and it was clear that this country boy was more than another Nashville wannabe. In fact, this guy rocks. I got an advanced copy of the album…