@stephentrageser615
music editor, Nashville Scene; regular, Gyro Spot; some call him "Goose"; probably thinking about Kate Bush ---- "I was put on Earth to do a certain number of things. Right now, I am so far behind I will never die."
Dope preview, many thanks to @avparnell.bsky.social for digging in on a Cat Power classic. (Which, I have to admit, I had skipped over, mostly because I like 'Moon Pix' so much)
Here's me talking with Averianna the Personality, who has repped Black Nashville music in general and local hip-hop in particular for a long time.
Also missed sharing this one yesterday: book NOT brooke getting weird out here, you love to see it. Debut LP and big show Friday at Third Man.
Time for one of the best annual cover packages from the Scene: The People Issue! Go ahead and get a bagel before you dig in, lots of fascinating Nashville folks to learn about.
A whole lotta rigamarole and back and forth:
Big thanks to Bobbie and Steve for hooking us up with a review of a what sounds like a fun-as-hell show for a great cause.
small children 🤝 cats
"The most amusing things in life are trash and gravity"
Letter to the Editor: Reader Ryan on what a recent decision from VUMC means for the LGBTQ community.
Big thanks to Edd for catching up with Rock Eupora! Clayton Waller is one of those folks who is not constantly out on the scene but his music is always worth the wait.
A Nashville reporter who has reported on ICE was detained at a stop in South Nashville yesterday. Estefany Rodríguez fled Colombia after getting death threats and is awaitng an asylum hearing.
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Nashville Noticias staffer Estefany Rodríguez was detained by ICE in South Nashville on Wednesday morning. There was no warrant for her arrest. Her attorneys have filed an emergency petition in federal court seeking a writ of habeas corpus, or an immediate review of whether or not her detention is legal. Rodríguez, who was in the car with her husband — a U.S. citizen — has been following all the legal steps to citizenship. In her job, Rodríguez has reported several stories that hold ICE accountable, and it’s unclear whether her detention was retaliation. As of Thursday afternoon, she was in Alabama en route to an ICE processing center in Louisiana.
Something I don’t think can be emphasized enough is how fast ICE is shipping the people they detain off to another state. “Move fast and break things” but for people in potentially life or death situations. nashvillebanner.com/2026/03/05/j...
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Grateful for @littmanwrites.bsky.social taking a deep dive. This absolutely affects music venues (in my wheelhouse) but also tons of other small (and that is definitely a spectrum, yes) businesses.
In better news: Nashville has multiple brass bands (!) and Sean Maloney got on the horn with the leader of Rougarou, who has settled into a residency at Rudy's.
Stoked to have Charlie and Kristen on this for us.
On Monday morning, 88-year-old anti-war activist Karl Meyer set up outside the entrance of the Fred D. Thompson Courthouse and Federal Building to protest the joint U.S.-Israel bombings of Iran.
According to emails reviewed by the Scene, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn coordinated a personal power restoration timeline with NES CEO Teresa Broyles-Aplin during Winter Storm Fern.
‘Expelled,’ a zoomed-in portrait of James Lawson’s expulsion from Vanderbilt, scrutinizes institutions and the destructive power of a moral crisis.
And I took way too long writing up this little item about the Eagles, uh, roosting at Vanderbilt in a couple months. Most of the meat of this, tbh, is noting that Vandy hasn't hosted a heap of big outdoor shows, and this is the first one to happen during a new era for their sports programs.
Big thanks also to Bobbie for catching up with Lola Kirke ahead of her Blue Room gig! Unintentional "actors who are also musicians" issue, ha.
An ongoing cold bouncing around my fam has kept me very behind on everything. The latest in the section, starting with a great piece from Charlie talking with Will Lipton from The Runarounds, who are pro actors as well as an actual rock band.
Delighted to have Ron Wynn with the latest on a historic Jefferson Street club.
I want to underline one thing ...
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cc @iamstevenhale.bsky.social and @scavendish.bsky.social couple of the guys from Toto owned (and extensively used) a pair of CS-80s, among the most sophisticated analog synths ever, which someone ripped off 30+ years ago. Found!
Also to note: Thanks to my colleagues for catching some errant spellings of "raccoon" which should now be fixed. You can guess where Bobbie used the word and where I inserted it. I cannot spell to save my damn life some days.
Also big thanks to Bobbie and Ang for getting to the Meels gig, with Phoebe Sanders and her puppets/jig dolls. Any time there's puppets I'm pretty much sold.
Incredibly behind but wanted to share this one. Grateful to Hannah for the catch-up.
it’s been a while since I got to write a good negative review. here’s this one, about the annoying and sometimes baffling ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert,’ for @nashvillescene.com
