Nashville Underground Radio

Nashville is in full force coming into Spring! Nashville Fashion Week ended last week and Matt and Shawn are currently in the middle of the Nashville Film Festival. Plus, Ten Out of Tenn's big 10-year anniversary show at The Ryman is coming up, as is Sevier Park Fest and the American Cancer Society's Relay For LifeNashville!The wonderful Lindsay Ell will be performing the event along with several other Nashville Underground Radio alumni! She joins Matt and Shawn on the show again to talk about her travels, new music, and of course, Relay For Life, taking place on May 2nd in Cumberland Park. Music from two other performers, Matt Giraud and Walker Hayes is also featured!

Nashville Underground Radio officially started two years ago! In that time, Matt and Shawn have had the opportunity to do some amazing things with the platform, including sponsor and host the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life for the second year in a row! The event taking place on May 2nd in Cumberland Park is the focus of this week's show as they interview Alex Alvarez, the Mid-South Community Director of Relay For Life.Coming off of their own sring break, the guys also talk about their SXSW experience, Tin Pan South and more exciting events coming up. Plus, as Nashville Underground continues to expand, the show is taking on a slightly different format. Finally, music from Jace Everett and Knox Hamilton is featured this week!

No banter this week as Matt and Shawn are at SXSW in Austin, TX. Instead they sat down for an in-depth conversation with revered singer-songwriter Matthew Perryman Jones!Matthew Perryman Jones has a voice that calls out with intensity, truth and emotion. Jones began his career in 1997 in Decatur, GA, and then, after moving to Nashville to pursue music full-time, he issued his first solo release, Nowhere Else But Here, in 2000. As American Songwriter describes, “Matthew’s voice ensnares listeners with a rare authenticity and gritty strength."Jones’ songs have also been featured in television shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Bones, Pretty Little Liars, NY Med, Flash Point, One Tree Hill, The Hills, and Eli Stone as well as in the 2012 movie release What To Expect When You Are Expecting.In addition to Jones’ own headline tours, he has shared the bill with Katie Herzig, Matthew Mayfield, and Joshua James and has opened for such artists as Ingrid Michaelson, Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin and Paula C

This week, Matt and Shawn talk about St. Patty's Day celebrations! They also talk about the new app OrderUp, Emi Sunshine, and their upcoming SXSW trip!And this week's #NUArtist is Ten Out of Tenn (TOT)! Before Nashville was the “it city.” Before there was a hit TV show on ABC and before Hollywood stars like Nicole Kidman had moved into town. Before award-winning, elite ranking restaurants and boutique hot spots existed. And long before The Black Keys, Kings of Leon and even Meghan Trainor were calling Nashville home, there was already a movement brewing outside the walls of the country music scene. Their forward thinking may not have broken headlines, but this community of artists banded together and forever changed the game for emerging indie artists. Meet Ten Out of Tenn.

The guys broadcast from two locations for part of the show due to scheduling and Shawn rolling his ankle (dummy). They discuss a couple shows, former Titan RB Chris Johnson getting shot in a drive by and 12th South restaurant Urban Grub catching on fire while Matt was there (just a little... it's fine). But then, they were back at The Sound Shelter for much better audio and the beautiful LIVE music of Callaghan!When Callaghan moved from London to Atlanta during the summer of 2010, she was still a relatively unknown name in the States. A singer/songwriter whose music blurred the edges between pop, adult contemporary and Americana, she had been drawn to Atlanta by one of her biggest influences - Shawn Mullins - after he had agreed to produce her first album. Just a few years later, Callaghan’s writing a new chapter of that success story. On her second album, A History of Now, she draws upon four years of touring, recording and growing appreciation in the U.S. She's transformed herself from a burgeoning indie so