Music
Live music, concerts and artists in and around Murfreesboro and Rutherford County — shows, venues and the Middle Tennessee music scene.
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Bailey Zimmerman and Waka Flocka Flame Headlined Concert Series Is Bringing Serious Heat to Murfreesboro
Headliner and multi-platinum country artist Bailey Zimmerman, left, and hip-hop artist Waka Flocka Flame will be featured acts in the…
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A Mule-and-Wagon Freight Hauler Became the Opry’s First Star. Rutherford County Still Throws Him a Party.
Uncle Dave Macon Days runs September 11 through 13 at Hop Springs, with the National Old-Time Banjo Championship on Saturday…
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A National Magazine Called Murfreesboro a Music Mecca in 1997. The Label That Earned It Lasted Nine Years.
Spongebath Records ran out of Murfreesboro from 1993 to 2002, fed bands to DreamWorks and Elektra, and signed a teenager…
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Ten Years Ago This Morning, MTSU’s Station Stopped Playing Jazz at 11 O’Clock Sharp
On Sept. 2, 2016, MTSU's WMOT 89.5 abandoned a 47-year-old format at 11 a.m. and became an all-Americana station. Ten…
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Eight Years Without Dropping the Thing Districts Usually Drop First
Rutherford County Schools has been named a Best Communities for Music Education district by the NAMM Foundation for the eighth…
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It Takes $27,000 and a Lot of Dorm Rooms to Bring the World to Rutherford County
The International Folkfest has set June 6-13, 2027 for its 45th year, with about 80 visiting dancers and musicians housed…
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Forty-Five Seasons In, and It Still Does Not Have a Room of Its Own
The Tennessee Philharmonic opens its 45th season on October 27 — six concerts across a church, a church, and an…
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A Frazetta Painting, Three Guitars, and a Sunday Night in Murfreesboro: Molly Hatchet Plays Hop Springs
Southern rock veterans Molly Hatchet play Hop Springs on Sunday, August 23 — doors at 7, show at 8, tickets…
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Thirty-Five Miles Up I-24, the Biggest Room in the Region Played Its Last Show
Foo Fighters closed Nissan Stadium on Saturday night — the last concert the building will ever host. For Rutherford County,…
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