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LA based artist Mereba dug into her Ethiopian roots and preserved some sage wisdom from her late father on her beautiful new album, "The Breeze Grew a Fire" which is our Record of the Week on WNXP.

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In honor of David Lynch's passing, Nashville's Belcourt Theatre presents David Lynch: A Retrospective throughout the month of March, featuring showings of his work (Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead and more) along with two seminars on his work. On this week's What Where When-sday, we talk with the theater's program director, Toby Leonard, about Lynch's legacy and impact on the film industry. 

Jasmine.4.t’s album, “You Are The Morning” is so much more than a debut album and our Record of the Week. Behind the record, is a story that includes getting ripped off by a promoter in Bristol, a happenstance booking, journeying through self-actualization, being embraced by Boygenius, and making a historic recording in one of the United State’s most famous studios.

This week for What Where When-sday we discuss Nashville’s newest venue, The Pinnacle, opening Thursday night with Kacey Musgraves. We discuss different elements of the space — including parking. 

After songs like “Mirage” and “Dirty Dancer” saw huge streaming numbers, Orion Sun landed herself on countless “artists to watch” lists, and her debut was one of the most highly anticipated releases of 2024. The 14-song collection exceeded expectations and garnered the LA-based R&B artist fans across the globe. With her sensual delivery of vulnerable topics like heartbreak and self-discovery, Orion’s modern take on the genre draws likeness from contemporaries like Frank Ocean and SZA.

Watch Orion Sun perform “Already Gone” and “These Days” live at WNXP’s Sonic Cathedral here. 

"The things that were so scary in life just become a part of it." Finding peace in every day's horrors is the theme of Bartees Strange's wonderful new album, Horror which is our Record of the Week on WNXP.

It’s not just because the late Ted Lucas shared a hometown with Third Man Records co-founder and co-owner Ben Blackwell that the Detroit native became obsessed with reviving Lucas’ music. But that surely sweetened the pot. The one and only solo LP by Lucas, self-titled and from 1975, is re-released on vinyl and with digital extra tracks on February 21. We learned more about the artist and these songs from Blackwell inside Third Man’s Nashville HQ.

Liberia-born, Tennessee-based artist Mon Rovîa began his career making music more adjacent to alternative R&B. But it was after he stripped his songs back to a simple, binary presentation of voice and ukulele, that his music began connecting deeply via livestreams on TikTok. Fans and big time influencers were drawn to his meditative melodies and spiritually inquisitive, often uplifting lyrics. That led to millions of plays and a sold out tour, including a late January show at the Basement East celebrating his new EP, Act 4 – Atonement. Right Before that show Mon Rovia stopped by WNXP's Sonic Cathedral for a performance and an interview about his incredible journey.

This week for What Where When-sday, we discuss Requiem for Colour, a musical, literary and visual journey happening at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Belmont University this Tuesday. 

The synth-tastic indie rock quintet called New Translations (formerly known as Jive Talk) formed in Nashville by way of the chemical reaction of old friends combined with new acquaintances and a heavy dose of eastside bar magic, tale as old as time. They’ve since signed with local label War Buddha (led by two members of country rock trio The Cadillac Three) and recorded the majority of these new tracks at Polychrome Ranch in rural Hartsville, Tennessee with producer Jared Corder, one half of the celebrated regional band *repeat repeat. Before the release of New Translations’ official debut full-length on Valentine’s Day, bandmates Oliver Pierce (singer) and Andrés Ahogado (multi-instrumentalist) joined me at WNXP to talk about the making of Vacation.