writer • editor • @contrarywestern & @drDOCTORdrDR + senior creative director
Nashville
Joined March 2013
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A STOCK MUSIC CHRISTMAS drops December 23!
With @tommyprine, @vincehermanband of @leftoversalmon, @jquimbymusic, & more—gather around this holiday season to find out if Tommy Prine will ever make music again or refuse to return home until his soup sings. youtu.be/vTH22biXpmE
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Check out our latest session with #bluegrass fiddler and singer @bronwynfiddle sharing songs from her upcoming album “I Built a World.” youtu.be/uIgujbL8h0o
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Following the tradition of musicians like @JasonIsbell, @TommyPrine debuts his acting chops in Another Contrary Christmas.
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ANOTHER CONTRARY CHRISTMAS w/ @TommyPrine, @ArloMckinley, and @treburtofficial is out now! youtu.be/NNpyYh0eGMQ
.@TommyPrine, @ArloMckinley, and @treburtofficial find themselves in for a heartfelt but haunted hang at an empty holiday shindig in the 2nd annual Contrary Christmas.
“Another Contrary Christmas” Christens Contrary Western’s YouTube on December 25.
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Check out the new video we made with @themontvales for their latest single, which premiered over at @TheBGSituation.
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I vote that all 3 get it @DukesMayonnaise!
"If anyone should have a @DukesMayonnaise sponsorship it's me or @BJBarhamTweets [of @USAquarium]," said @AdeemTheArtist in their @ContraryWestern session at the Bluebird.
So who will Duke's sponsor? Adeem? BJ? Contrary?
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keep the mayo cold but the takes hot.
@AdeemTheArtist w/ a great interview and performance at @BluebirdCafeTN for @ContraryWestern.
Just before their show at @BluebirdCafeTN earlier this year, @AdeemTheArtist shared a stripped-down version of “Painkillers & Magic” with us and spoke about surrealism in songwriting, growing up in North Carolina, and the magnificence of @DukesMayonnaise. youtu.be/ytIcWeH-OS4
.@ChrisShiflett71 with a killer Merle cover and insight into West Coast country.
.@ChrisShiflett71 covered Merle Haggard’s “Ramblin’ Fever” and reflected on the role of country music in Southern California—from Gene Autry and televised westerns to #BuckOwens and @merlehaggard, on through to #GramParsons.
.@ChrisShiflett71 talking West Coast country, Merle Haggard, early punk days, and sharing a new track called "Overboard" with @ContraryWestern.
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.@ChrisShiflett71 shared an intimate, in-studio version of “Overboard” and spoke about recording his new album ‘Lost at Sea’ in Nashville with @thejaren, @charlieworsham, & more—before also playing a #MerleHaggard cover and stripped-down “West Coast Town.” youtu.be/o8LCCMvopjs
Was stoked to get to talk to @ChrisShiflett71 about punk and country and reminisce about No Use For A Name.
.@ChrisShiflett71 shared a stripped-down version of “Dead and Gone” and spoke to the punk and country continuum, plus a lightbulb moment he had about playing acoustic live after seeing @rhettmiller play @CityWineryBOS.
#ChrisShiflett #ContraryWestern
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.@amythystkiah stunned us and the crew at @VinylTapNash with a cover of @toriamos’ “Sugar” and a powerful rendition of “Fancy Drones (Fracture Me).”
#ContraryWestern @RounderRecords
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Just before soundchecking for their show at the @BluebirdCafeTN earlier this year, @AdeemTheArtist shared a stunning cover of @JohnPrineMusic’s “Lake Marie” and spoke to us about the influence Prine has had on their songwriting over the years. youtu.be/dEpdEyCHPnk
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Just before the last show of his "When It's My Time" tour, @Brent_Cobb shared some wit and wisdom with us—and some insights into the creative process behind his gospel record "And Now, Let's Turn to Page..."
#BrentCobb #ContraryWestern @CityWineryNSH youtu.be/F1RFLY452V0
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Y’all check out my Christmas song and interview with @ContraryWestern 🫡 youtu.be/lsIydQs3K4M
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ICYMI: our @AmericanaFest Contrary Content panel featuring @emilyscottrobin, @bobdelevante, @ohboyitsjody, @ClaraRoseKeen, and @allisonmahal is live now on our site with a live (and lively) recording and some more resources. #ContraryWestern contrarywestern.com/post/con…
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.@jimlauderdale stopped by the @EXIT_IN during @AmericanaFest to share a cover of “I’m A Lonesome Fugitive” and speak to the impact of @merlehaggard and the West Coast country sound that influenced country music as a whole and Jim’s own music career. youtu.be/n2Hq0T8xaAU
