No ordinary tribute band, The WannaBeatles is a high energy group featuring four professional award winning musicians with a passion for the songs of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Using their multi instrumental skills to re-create all eras of The Beatles song catalogue, they offer an alternative to “look alike” acts by using showmanship, comedy and specially created Beatles inspired material.
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A velvet-voiced blues/R&B entertainer, James “Nick” Nixon was a Chess recording artist in the 1970′s. Nick has also produced albums by many of the greats in the gospel genre, including the Grammy© winning Fairfield Four, and has been the recipient of the Keeping the Blues Alive (KBA) Award from The Blues Foundation. Nixon has performed an average of 60 educational shows on blues and R&B yearly covering 8 states in the Southeastern USA.
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The Gypsy Hombres, blend traditional jazz interpreted with European, South American, and classical music to create a wide variety of styles all while retaining the gypsy spirit. They were featured on National Public Radio performing a commissioned piece penned by The Nashville Chamber Orchestra’s Conni Ellisor in a tribute to the legendary gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt.
Radio Daze first appeared on the Nashville music scene in 1994 and quickly established itself as one of the city’s favorite dance bands. Boasting a 23-piece orchestra, complete with 4 vocalists, Radio Daze’s diverse repertoire captures the many sounds of almost every era of the 20th century, including the swing era of the 1930s and 40s, 50s pop, Motown, and disco.
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For over 30 years, 2-time Grammy© – winning favorites Riders In The Sky have been keepers of the flame passed on by the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. Reviving and revitalizing the genre while remaining true to the integrity of Western music, they have now become modern-day icons themselves, mixing the genre with their own legendary wacky humor and way-out Western wit.
Download music by Riders in the Sky from Nashville Public Library.
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Sara Sant’Ambrogio is an American cellist best known as a member of the Eroica Trio. This award-winning cellist has appeared at Carnegie Hall, and been the featured soloist at Atlanta, Boston Pops, Chicago, Dallas, Moscow State Philharmonic, Century Orchestra Osaka, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Seattle orchestras and has been featured in a Lincoln Center concert airing nationally on CBS.
Only Nashville could give birth to a band like The SteelDrivers. Boasting a couple of Grammy© winning instrumentalists and producers, you can expect the unexpected with this hard-hitting hybrid ensemble bringing together blues, country, soul, and other contemporary influences that were featured in the Robert Duvall feature film “Get Low” soundtrack.
Combining Tex-Mex, country, rock, and Latin influences, Rachel Rodriguez is a songwriter, dancer, and talented bi-lingual performer whose heart lies in her love of country music. Come and hear Rachel perform her brand of personal style and rhythm.
From MTV to The White House, Jason D. Williams brings a mad-man’s wild energy and passion to the stage, skipping across multiple genres, incorporating everything from classical to country blues, jazz and rockabilly, and 50’s classic rock & roll.
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