Watch Finally Friday from Home Performances from North Carolina banjo player Ken Yates and Canadian singer-songwriter Tray Wellington.
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It’s the old lesson from economics - that something scarce becomes more valuable. And after September, Robert Earl Keen shows will be fewer and farther between. The iconic songwriter and alt-country showman told his fans in January that this year’s ongoing I’m Comin’ Home Tour will be his last. One of those sold-out shows will soon take place in Nashville, July 9, at the Ryman Auditorium.
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This week on Finally Friday from Home we'll be bringing you performances from a North Carolina banjo player stretching his wings and a Canadian singer-songwriter exploring the meaning of death in deeply personal songs.
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American original Peter Rowan will turn 80 on Monday, the Fourth of July. June 24 saw the release of Calling You From My Mountain on Rebel Records, which comes in the middle of an impressive roll for a septuagenarian. Craig spoke with the one-of-a-kind bluegrass and roots star about the influence of Bill Monroe, his global inspirations and a new album that takes on 21st century America.
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The Bluebird Cafe is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month of June. They have an amazing history as a venue at the heart of Music City, with its focus on the craft of song and the artists that have come through this iconic epicenter.
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Every week we dig into the archives at WMOT to bring you replays of performances from Wired In, 895 Presents, and AmericanaFest.
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All of the songs Jordan Fletcher sings are 100% autobiographical and delivered as soulful country, spiked with a light-hearted rock spirit that brings hard-fought life lessons to the masses through honest songwriting. He grew up in Jacksonville, FL but now is a resident of Music City. When he was 11, he tragically lost his father. He moved forward the only way he knew how - by surfing, fishing, and playing music. His new song, "Death & Taxes," is a tribute to the lessons he learned from his father.
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Nikki Lane and Cristina Vane perform at Skydeck for WMOT's monthly Wired In presented by Subaru.
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We love how Finally Friday From Home paradoxically takes us places, to hidden video studios and cozy locales from across town to across the nation for live video performances by the elite of roots music. That’s what’s up this week as we tap the feed from the West Coast for the “California Americana Soul” of the Wreckless Strangers and the Nashville-based, Mississippi-inspired dirty blues of Coyote Motel.
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This week on Finally Friday we have a heartland rock double feature with Michael McDermott and David Newbould playing new songs from each of their latest albums.
News from WMOT
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Someone threw a Molotov cocktail at Nashville's Hope Clinic, but the gasoline bomb failed to ignite.
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Notably, Tennessee will become the first U.S. state to make it a felony to camp on local public property such as parks.
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Some 12,000 Tennesseans rely on the unemployment program, and for now, they’re not getting their payments.
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Suspect BJ Brown was the subject of a Tenn. Bureau of Investigation Blue Alert.
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Airbnb says Tennessee listings saw 68 percent fewer complaints with party prohibition in place.
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One person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field's shopping mall in Denmark's capital. Harry Styles was scheduled to hold a concert at the nearby Royal Arena.
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The protests have carried on for weeks since the leak of a draft of the court's eventual decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. State officials had previously called on federal law enforcement for help.
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Many forest ecologists say the U.S. Forest Service is hampered by an outdated approach to prescribed fires, a key tool for reducing the threat of megafires made worse by climate change.
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