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American Bang

And the critics agree. Nashville City Paper called them “one of the city’s sharpest performing ensembles — and one clearly ready for national stardom.” American Bang built up a grass-roots audience playing locally, earning a reputation for their high-energy, no-holds-barred live shows. Encouraged, the band recorded a debut album, entitled I Shot the King, which they released themselves in 2005.

Dave Barnes

Newly arrived in Nashville, armed with just his acoustic guitar, Barnes gravitated to the folk scene. After playing his fair share of solo acoustic shows, though, Dave made has way back to his roots, and found himself looking for music with both depth and groove. This lead Barnes to embrace Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan and seemingly everything in between.

Thad Cockrell

Thad Cockrell layers that gorgeously innate sense into folk- and Americana-pop songs that keep a rustic honesty despite being fleshed and lush and haunting, like gingham dresses trimmed in lace. It comes across, maybe, via the strength of Cockrell's voice: It's controlled and warm, but the edges break subtly and never with affect, like a guy who really inhabits the meaning in his words.

Citizen Cope

Singer/Song Writer, Citizen Cope recently headlined in Towson's Recher Theatre, a large dimly lit room washed in blood red drapes. Two bars, bouncers at the door who think they're funny, an entrance covered in music posters: enough ambiance to make you dream of owning rooms filled with nothing but silk pillows and feathery boas. Brilliance -- all of it.

The Dynamties featuring Charles Walker

If the first attention-grabbing horn lines of The Dynamites album Kaboom! evoke a dramatic curtain call from a late ‘60s funk concert at the Apollo Theater, it’s no accident. After all, that’s exactly where Charles Walker, the band’s singer and front man, first cut his teeth as a performer. When the revolutionary ‘new bag’ now known as funk first made the scene, Walker was right there in the thick of it, opening for the likes of James Brown, Etta James, and Wilson Pickett.

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H-Beam

H-Beam's wild stage show pulls influences from a strong upbringing in the entertainment industry. By fusing aspects of theater and music, the band fathers a musical variety show resembling genes of Rocky Horror and Frank Zappa. With elaborate compositions pushed to the boundary by weird twisted humor, H-Beam captivates audiences by leaving them with a unique musical experience.

Here Come the Mummies

Over 5000 years ago, from the dry stretches of the not-so-fertile crescent wandered a nomadic, foul smelling people. A robust, well-endowed, and manly tribe, they were united through ancient rituals involving instruments capable of infinite fonkiness and overt sekshul innuendo. The Pharaoh, a mean mother (shutcho' mouth), hated the nomads and their ability to shred like a mofo all up in that house.

Homemade Water

Some would say Homemade Water a combination of country, rock, blues, bluegrass, folk, rockabilly, swing, honky-tonk, zydeco, and cowboy music. Others would say it's drawn from the rawest edges of those genres. Many, including the Americana Music Association, say simply that the lyrically-driven music defies definition, while others say it's just something your cousin in Austin made up.

Courtney Jaye

Courtney Jaye is an artist on a lifelong musical and spiritual journey. Her first memories? Sitting in her high chair bubbling with pure toddler joy while her parents spun “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” on the record player. When she was just six, she saw Springsteen on the Born in the USA tour and was blown away by the power of his performance.

Matthew Perryman Jones

Matthew Perryman Jones songwriting began to bloom, friends encouraged the burgeoning artist to pursue his music full-time. Before long, Jones had packed his things and was headed for Nashville. After relocating, Jones soon found a pocket of independent artists who quickly became his musical community. In collaborating with local talents, he eventually became acquainted with producer Neilson Hubbard with whom he soon began working.

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Sharon Jones was born Sheron Lafaye Jones in Augusta, Georgia on May 4th 1956. Her mother moved to Brooklyn soon thereafter, however Jones was sent down south for a few months every year to stay with her family. As a child, she and her brothers would imitate the songs and dances of James Brown, who shared their hometown.

Maureen Murphy

Maureen Murphy grew up in a small town in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She knew from an early agethat she wanted to sing and live her life around music. She began developing her skills as the lead soloist in her hometown church, while building a strong and loyal fan base and showcasing her unique and dynamic abilities with numerous local performances.

Jack Pearson

According to the Nashville Scene, he has “quietly earned a national reputation as the guitarist of choice when someone needs a mature, tasteful picker with a broad knowledge of blues, jazz, and soulful rock.” Blues Revue calls him a “world-class guitarist...Nashville’s most unassuming musician.”

Space Capone

Space Capone's influence thrives off late 70's funk/soul/R&B with a fresh and modern twist. Still riding high off their debut album "Volume 1: Transformation" (released Spring of '08) they've already set a strong precedence in the southeast. Space Capone is comprised of funky horns, chanky electrics and a tight rhythm section all by young musicians that are all scholars of funk, jazz, and R&B.

Toadies

The Toadies debuted in 1994 with Rubberneck on Interscope Records. An intense, swirling vortex of guitar rock built around Lewis's "wrong" song - like the smash single "Possum Kingdom," subject to as much speculation as what's in the Pulp Fiction briefcase, it rocked to platinum status on the strength of that and two other singles "Tyler" and "Away.? Its success was due to the Toadies' organic sound and all-encompassing style.

The Derek Trucks Band

There are moments in music when an artist establishes himself as his own force and an exciting new presence comes alive. For Derek Trucks, that time is now. Some would say he was born into a unique place in the history of music, but one look at his extensive background shows he has earned it. More importantly, it is the powerful way Trucks has taken those experiences and turned them into his story that marks him for greatness.
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Ten Out of Tenn

Ten Out of Tenn is a unquie group of Nashville artists formed to spotlight emergying singer-songwritters based in middle Tennessee. Touring around the country, Ten Out of Tenn shows that Music City is more than cowboy hats and boots. Formed by Trent and Kristen Dabbs, TOT is now on their 3rd volume of artists. Live On the Green is proud to bring you half of the TOT for our first group of artist.

Ricky Young

Local indie rocker Ricky Young will be performing with Red, White, Blue. "Honest lyrics and easy melodies make Learn to Steal what it is – a shimmering full-length with a tender voice and a warm soul that delivers the ultimate sound of the south."

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