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A few weeks ago we told you about John Rich’s new song Raisin’ McCain, which has since become sort of an anthem for John McCain’s campaign trail. In this clip, Rich does his best to explain what it took to coin the phrase, how he came up with the song, and what it means to [...]

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File this away under Things That Only Happen In Nashville. MTA is holding a jingle contest, wherein they ask songwriters to “create an original 60-second themed Jingle to promote the many benefits of using MTA services and the opening of the new Music City Central Transit Station.” The winner gets $1,500 and the opportunity to perform [...]

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When we saw John Rich perform at the John McCain Town Hall Meeting a couple months ago, we had no idea his passion for the campaign ran this deep. Enjoy his brand new song, “Raising McCain,” which you can download for free from johnrich.com.

Raisin’ McCain
Music & lyrics by John Rich
Well we’re all just raisin’ McCain
Everywhere [...]

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Nashville, we’ve made it through another work week. The good and bad news is that there’s so much going on this weekend, we aren’t going to get to recuperate much. We know you’ll be busy doing your tax-free shopping for the next year, but try to make some time to check out our picks below. 
SATURDAY
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Free music. Free stuff. Free drinks, even. This weekend brings us two chances to enjoy the best things in life - for free. 
Saturday: Black 13 Tattoo Parlor Grand Opening at The Mercy Lounge. Free for 21+, or just $3 for 18-20. The aforementioned “free stuff” will be there in the form of plenty of giveaways, [...]

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Our favorite country musician is going to India. Snoop Dogg has a new song called “Singh is Kinng,” written as the title song for an upcoming Bollywood movie. We’re crossing our fingers and hoping that he’ll permeate India with his country tunes, too. Other than that, this has nothing to do with Nashville and everything [...]

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VH1 already used the “De Novo Dahl Has The Best Week Ever” headline, so we had to settle for boring over here at Nashvillest. Plus, we’re not really sure if having your music featured in a TV show is exciting enough to make it actually the best week ever. Extremities aside, local indie rockers De [...]

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Nashville has too many festivals. There, we said it. We love the community, diversity and education that these festivals bring to the table, but few are executed in the best way possible. We’ve been to many a festival that sounded promising but ended in a sub-ten minute walkthrough. In all fairness, most of these festivals [...]

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Okay, so we forgot to write about this two weeks ago when we should have. If you’ll forgive us, we promise to do better next time. The good news is that you still have four chances at attending Backyard at the Belcourt, a new summer concert series in the Belcourt’s parking lot. 
In addition to tonight, [...]

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If the air quality the whole weekend sucks as much as it did today, we’ll be staying holed up in Nashvillest HQ (oh wait, we’ll be doing that anyway). But just because we’re losers doesn’t mean you have to be losers too. Strap on an air filter mask and hit the town!
FRIDAY
Umbrella Tree at the [...]

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