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The Most Added list finds Joy Oladokun’s “We’re All Gonna Die” on top with 18 adds, as Hozier’s “Eat Your Young” scores 17 to land in second. Next is a 12-add tie between Phoenix and Grouplove, with Bully’s Lucky For You posting eight adds to wrap up the week.
With a lot of interesting flavors to choose from, the next music meeting will be tasty, but you’ll want to include Chiiild with “Bon Voyage,” “Don’t Stop Now” from Mikaela Davis and “Trouble” by The National Parks. As always, you can find the complete Going For Adds listings at the bottom of this page.
WRLT Music City Mayhem Brackets Revealed
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The next edition of the KUTX 10th Birthday Concert Series happens on April 14 at The Far Out Lounge and Stage in Austin and features Shinyribs and Texas String Assembly. You can find out more at kutx.org... It’s JBEAR (Jack Barton Entertainment Artist Revue) week on WMOT/Nashville and this month Barton and Ellie Sanders feature Stampede from The Shootouts, The Band Of Heathens’ Simple Things, Kentucky Blue by Brit Taylor and ALO’s first studio album in eight years, Silver Saturdays. You can listen at 7 p.m. CDT at wmot.org or on the WMOT app… For its latest Sense of Place series, the NPR-distributed daily music and interview program World Cafe – produced by WXPN/Philadelphia – will take listeners to Denton, TX, long known for its vibrant live music scene. From April 4 through April 7, World Cafe listeners will hear about the north Texas town’s lively nightlife, groundbreaking collegiate Jazz program, and two of its most notable bands. To listen to Sense of Place: Denton online, go here. More about World Cafe is here... The 2023 JBE Triple A SummitFest happens Wednesday-Friday, August 2-4, 2023 at the St. Julien Hotel & Spa and Boulder CO’s Fox Theatre with performances from Lukas Nelson & POTR, Gregory Alan Isakov, The Band of Heathens, Jamie Wyatt, Andy Frasco & The U.N., Susto and Pressing Strings, already announced, with more to come soon. Registration is currently available at the discounted price of $399 here and you can also reserve your room at the St. Julien here. for the low JBE rate starting at $314/night. Keep checking back here for all the details and more information as it becomes available… The NON-COMMvention, May 2-5 at WXPN studios in Philadelphia, has added Thee Sacred Souls, Bailen, Purr and Low Cut Connie to the lineup. You can find all the details here… Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with the June 16 release of The Omnichord Real Book, an album of new original material that taps into a broad spectrum of her musical roots. The Omnichord Real Book was produced by Josh Johnson and features a wide range of guest artists including Jason Moran, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joel Ross, Jeff Parker, Brandee Younger, Julius Rodriguez, Mark Guiliana, Cory Henry, Joan As Police Woman, Thandiswa, and others... Tom Leadon, who co-founded Mudcrutch with Tom Petty and Mike Campbell in the ’70s and who is also the brother of Eagles co-founder Bernie Leadon, died on March 22. No other information is currently available. Campbell posted the following on Instagram: “Tom Leadon was my deepest guitar soul brother. We spent countless hours playing acoustic guitars and teaching each other things. A kinder soul never walked the earth. I will always miss his spirit and generosity. Sleep peacefully my old friend.”
Lightning 100/Nashville has announced the finalist for the crown in the 2023 edition of Music City Mayhem. The 32 finalists were revealed on Monday (3/27) as afternoon driver Casey presented them in a special three-hour edition of The615, Lightning’s local music show. Music City Mayhem is the competition where Lightning exposes local Nashville emerging talent by choosing 32 local artists to battle it out on-air and online as they vie for the title of Music City Mayhem champions. In addition to the coveted Music City Mayhem trophy, the winning act will also receive an extensive artist development and promotion package that includes prizes valuing over $8,000! Mayhem officially ensues on April 3, and listener votes will determine this year's champion, with the live finale on April 27 at 3rd & Lindsley to see who will take home the grand prize. You can see what artists made the competition here.
4.03-04
Baby Rose "Stop The Bleeding" (Secretly Canadian)
Benny Sings "Pyjamas" (Stones Throw)
Bettye Lavette "Plan B" (Jay-Vee)
Billie Marten "I Can't Get My Head Around You" (Fiction)
Boy From The South "Amazing Man" (Independent)
Chiiild "Bon Voyage" (Def Jam)
Cimarron "High Lonesome Stranger" (Independent)
Daisy The Great "Glitter" (S-Curve)
Ekiti Sound "Chairman" (Crammed)
Electric Beauty "Modern Lovers" (Independent)
Get Right Band Itopia (Independent)
Immy Owusu "Flashback" (Hopestreet)
Jake Aaron "Elvis Has Left The Building" (Independent)
Jenny Lewis "Psychos" (Blue Note/Capitol)
Jess Williamson "Hunter" (Mexican Summer)
Johnny Moezzi Funky Papu (Independent)
Lara Taubman "Snakes In The Snow" (Independent)
Mikaela Davis "Don't Stop Now" (Independent)
National Parks "Trouble" (Independent)
New Pornographers "Angelcover" (Merge)
Phoenix "After Midnight" (Glassnote)
Ransom and The Subset "Sara Kandi" (Independent)
Raveis Kole "Sticky and Sweet" (Independent)
RootCellarXtract Dusty Afternoon (Independent)
Runnner "I Only Sing About Food" (Run For Cover)
Samwoy "Hate Me" (Independent)
Smashing Pumpkins "Spellbinding" (Independent/Thirty Tigers)
Susan Wendelken Alayne's Echo (Independent)
Thumpasaurus "Struttin'" (Independent)
4.10-11
Bluest Sky The Bluest Sky (Independent)
Boxmasters "Chestnut Eyes" (Independent/Thirty Tigers)
Far Caspian "Arbitrary Task" (Independent)
Girlhouse "You Don't Think About Me" (Secret Road)
Ian Jones "Lost Highway" (Independent)
Lauren Morrow People Talk (Independent)
Madison McFerrin "(Please Don't) Leave Me Now" (Independent)
Mediocre "Pop Song Baby" (Dangerbird)
Peter Case "Have You Ever Been In Trouble" (Independent)
Rahill "Fables" (Independent)
Scarlet Goodbye "Surprised" (Independent)
Weyes Blood "Children Of The Empire" (Sub Pop)
4.17.18
Abe Partridge Love In The Dark (Independent)
Arts Fishing Club "Space Cow" (Independent)
Brian Seymour American Courage (Independent)
Darlingside "Eliza I See" (Independent/Thirty Tigers)
Eric Leroy Wilson "That Goes For Anybody" (Independent)
Jake Huffman "Martyr" (Independent)
Jungle "Candle Flame" (AWAL/In2une)
Magic "Inner Love Energy" (Independent)
Nick Waterhouse "(No) Commitment" (Innovative Leisure)
Ruen Brothers "Hi Yo" (Yep Roc)
4.24.25
Binki "Rocket Ship" (Fader)
Dan Tyminski "Hey Brother" (Independent)
Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors "Find Your People" (Magnolia)
Jesse Roper "Make It All Work Out" (Independent)
Joe Marcinek Band Dead Funk Summit (Independent)
OUT NOW
Aliens "Tower Of Song" (Independent)
Beach Fossils "Don't Fade Away" (Independent)
Bella White "Break My Heart" (Rounder/Concord)
Bluenevada Moonlight Melon (Independent)
Born To Fly "Don't Say Goodbye" (Independent)
Cabela And Schmitt Game Is On (Independent)
Dwight Twilley "No Place Like Home" (Independent)
Eilen Jewell "Lethal Love" (Signature Sounds)
Esther Rose "Chet Baker" (New West)
GA-20 "Dry Run" (Karma Chief)
Grouplove "Hello" (Glassnote)
Izo Fitzroy "Chasing Days" (Jalapeno)
Jake Ybarra "Blood Fire" (Independent)
Jahmali Pleasant Place (Independent)
Lauren Morrow "People Talk" (Independent)
Liz Miller Lucky Me (Independent)
Nick Marechal Brightest In The Dark (Independent)
Nite Bjuti "Mood (Liberation Walk)" (Independent)
Red Matter "Light Of The Moon" (Independent)
Steve Power The Earl Sessions (Independent)
Taj Mahal Savoy (Stony Plain)
Tammy Glover "Hunters" (Independent)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra "Meshuggah" (Jagjaguwar)
Whatido Archive Group "The Cashmere Chamber" (Record Kicks)
Zuco 103 "Nao Tem Jeito" (Six Degrees)
Alice Howe Circumstance (Independent)
Baaba Maal "Freak Out" (Independent)
Bankes Brothers "In Waves" (Independent)
Beach Fossils "Don't Fade Away" (Independent)
Cigarbox Man "I'm Somebody Else" (Independent)
Daughter "Party" (Glassnote)
Emmaline Retro Kind Of Love (Independent)
Erik Garcia Inter Stellar Ascension (Independent)
Erol Josue Pelerinaj (Independent)
Indigo De Souza "Smog" (Saddle Creek)
Kara Jackson "Pawnshop" (Independent)
Karin Ann "If I Fall For You" (Independent)
Kxllswxtch "Waste" (Independent)
Logan Halstead "Good Ol' Boys With Bad Names" (Independent/Thirty Tigers)
Masorti Masorti (Independent)
Masterminds "Chapter 2" (Independent)
Northlake "Falling Out Of Fashion" (Independent)
Oh He Dead "California" (Independent)
Scott McMicken and The Ever-Expanding "Reconcile" (Anti-)
Sim Nagai Equator Hotline (Independent)
Tame Impala "Wings Of Time" (Virgin)
Tommy Emmanuel "White Freight Liner" (Independent)