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Sidelines year-end survey reveals best and worst of 2024

Sidelines year-end survey reveals best and worst of 2024

Shauna Reynolds, Features editor December 14, 2024
Sidelines staff opinions on the best, worst and most surprising moments of 2024.
Murfreesboro metalcore band Bloodveil. (Photo by Cadee Havard)

Murfreesboro music makers: Make way for metalcore with Bloodveil

Bailey Brantingham December 2, 2024

Many bands in Murfreesboro are adept at playing little laid-back venues, performing acoustic sets at MTSU’s Student Union or a small corner stage in a coffee shop. Others, however, are better accommodated...

Caroline Bowling performs in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. (Photo by Sam McIntyre)

Murfreesboro music makers: Caroline Bowling blooms where planted

Bailey Brantingham November 11, 2024

Photos by Sam McIntyre and Jaedyn Barnaby Story by Siri Reynolds Caroline Bowling is no garden variety singer-songwriter. A genuine, vulnerable and forthright artist, Bowling sat...

Horse Saturday pose for the release of "Horse Saturday." (Photo by Gavin Pine)

Murfreesboro music makers: In the saddle with Horse Saturday’s Gavin Pine

Emma Burden November 8, 2024

Photos provided by Gavin Pine Story by Emma Burden Is Horse Saturday a one-hit wonder? Neigh. Popularized by word of mouth and stickers plastered around MTSU’s campus, “Horse Saturday”...

Mixtape performs at Hop Springs' annual '80s costume party in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Oct. 25, 2024. (Photo by Bailey Brantingham)

The spirit of the ‘80s haunts Hop Springs’ annual costume party

Bailey Brantingham October 26, 2024

Feature photo by Bailey Brantingham Story by Bailey Brantingham Mullets, legwarmers and neon tutus crowded Hop Springs Friday night as nostalgia seekers gathered for the venue’s annual...

Songwriter Leyla McCalla appeared on one of three panels about artificial intelligence at this year's Americanafest. Photo by Chris Scheurich.

Americana and AI: Opposites that attract? 

Bailey Brantingham October 9, 2024

Feature photo by Chris Scheurich Story by Kailee Shores One might think that Artificial Intelligence has no place in musical genres grounded in authenticity, but so-called progress has...

Lead singer of NEEDTOBREATHE, Bear Rinehart, and his bandmate play a duet. 9-29-2024 (Photos by Paige Mast)

Photo Gallery: Pilgrimage Festival Day 2

Paige Mast, Multimedia editor September 30, 2024

To contact the Lifestyles Editor, email [email protected]. For more news, visit www.mtsusidelines.com, or follow us on Instagram at MTSUSidelines or on X at @MTSUSidelines....

Fans show off their signage to the artists in Franklin, Tennessee, on Sept. 28, 2024.

Photo gallery: Pilgrimage Festival Day 1

Paige Mast, Multimedia editor September 29, 2024

To contact the Lifestyles Editor, email [email protected]. For more news, visit www.mtsusidelines.com, or follow us on Instagram at MTSUSidelines or on X at @MTSUSidelines....

Verlon Thompson and Jaimee Harris share the stage at City Winery on Sept. 17 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Noah McLane)

Photo gallery: AmericanaFest 2024

Bailey Brantingham, Noah McLane, and Kailee Shores September 23, 2024

  To contact the Lifestyles Editor, email [email protected]. For more news, visit www.mtsusidelines.com, or follow us on Instagram at MTSUSidelines or on X at @MTSUSidelines....

Photo from Big Hassle Media.

AmericanaFest 2024: 10 music newbies and notables you can’t miss

Kailee Shores September 16, 2024

Story by Sidelines Staff Once a year, AmericanaFest provides Nashville with five days of musical escapism. Instead of stopping to watch the blasting window bands of Broadway, tourists and purveyors...

The King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard concert at Ascend Amphitheater on Aug. 31 in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo by Kerstie Wolaver.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard bring psychedelia to Music City at Ascend Amphitheater 

Kerstie Wolaver September 7, 2024

Feature photo by Kerstie Wolaver Story by Kerstie Wolaver On Aug. 31, fans decked in overalls, long flowing dresses and tie-dye ignored the country music filling the bars and honky-tonks of Downtown...

Ann Powers reads an excerpt from her book "Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music,” during a visit to MTSU, 2018. Photo by William Green.

Existing in a broken middle: Ann Powers on Joni Mitchell, traveling and transgression

Emma Burden September 6, 2024

Feature photo by William Green Story by Emma Burden Ann Powers didn’t aim to write a conventional biography about Joni Mitchell when she put pen to paper for “Traveling: On the Path with Joni...

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