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This week for What Where Wednesday, we discuss Cannery Hall with general manager Brent Hyams. The site off 8th Avenue South formerly known as Cannery Ballroom, Mercy Lounge and the High Watt, sold to a New York-based real estate company back in 2019. After undergoing renovations for the new space, the new Cannery Hall is set to start running shows starting tonight. Hyams discuss the process and vision for the venue.

Ty Segall is inarguably prolific. The indie rock artist will drop his 15th full-length album, Three Bells, early this year. It must be a combination of all the aforementioned factors, with the underpinning of just being a very cool dude, that keeps the SoCal native pumping out the jams. His tour brings him to Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl on April 24, and we talked about Three Bells right before he began rehearsal for this new batch of songs.

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Our guest this week is Rachel Scarbrough, a former Nashville resident who’s worked with Ground Control Touring to bring Saturday’s Abortion Access Benefit at DRKMTTR to fruition. This fundraiser show (100% of ticket proceeds go to regional organizations supporting reproductive rights) is one of five held around the country on the same night, and Nashville’s boasts a stacked bill of some of our favorite acts, including current Nashville Artist of the Month Brian Brown, plus WNXP regulars Soccer Mommy, Sn​õ​õ​per and Mali Velasquez.

Nashville singer/songwriter Alanna Royale uses her classic soul and R&B influences to explore the highs and lows we universally experience in life while sharing her own personal experiences on her latest album Trouble Is. She linked up with Kelly Finnegan of Monophonics to produce the record during the pandemic and during a time when she was dealing with her own personal trauma. Going to therapy helped her in her songwriting for this album and helped her be more vulnerable and honest with the stories she wanted to tell.

This week for What Where When-sday, we discuss the 31st annual Let Freedom Sing with Dr. Jeffery Ames, director of choral activities at Belmont University and conductor of the event. Happening at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center this Sunday, the choose-what-you-pay community event honors the life, legacy and triumphs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Nashville Symphony, Celebration Chorus and their Youth Chorus will perform classical works. Ames, who is going into his third year conducting the event, talks about his vision for the performance.

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Olivia Barton is a bighearted songwriter who wears her emotions on her sleeves and in her songs. 2023 was a big year for Barton, she featured on a song with her partner Corin, whose artist name is Corook on the song “If I Were A Fish” which has now been watched and listened to over 20 million times and has been made into a children’s book. In December Barton released her EP Big Sad which is our Record of the Week.

Generations of rappers have made music repping where they came from and how it’s shaped them. After spending most of his 30 years in Nashville, hip-hop artist Brian Brown has arrived at his own way of doing that. Senior music writer Jewly Hight says the Nashville Artist of the Month has a keen eye on those who’ve been shoved aside in his changing city.

This week for What Where When-sday, we discuss Analog at the Hutton Hotel with Director of Programming Meredith Dimenna. Located on West End Ave, Analog provides an intimate space for artists and songwriters to engage and interact with their audience, giving them an up-close and personal experience while also featuring recurring events from Super Felon, Southern Rounds, and Analog Soul on Sundays. We spoke with Dimenna and discussed how the space came together and the overall mission for the venue.

This week for What Where When-sday, we discuss a booze-free option to bring in the new year with Stephanie Styll, owner of Killjoy, Nashville’s first booze-free beverage shop in the Wedgewood-Houston area. Killjoy will host A NYE PARTY at The Eastsider and she joined me to discuss the event and how the idea for the shop came together. 

This week for What Where When-sday, we (WNXP's Marquis Munson and WPLN's Rachel Iacovone) set out to show you a different side to the holiday pop-up scene. Yes, we've compiled them all in our interactive map below, but the places we stopped on our personal bar crawl were away from the downtown rooftops, all offered food and were two-out-of-three family friendly.