Matthew Leimkuehler

Music City? More like Muggy City, amirite

Mercury Revs Up Catching up with rocker Maddie Kerr in the studio as she and her band get ready to kick off a big tour with Arcy Drive.

Matthew Leimkuehler drops in on Maddie Kerr and Mercury in the studio, in advance of the indie rockers’ sold-out kickoff show at The Basement East for a tour with Arcy Drive.

Fun one from @mattleimkuehler.bsky.social. I have to admit I wasn't familiar with the group before he pitched, but they sound great. Catching them in the middle of shooting live-in-studio footage ... ahead of the formal release of some earlier live-in-studio material, ha.

The first time I covered Tyler Childers, he was playing the early afternoon slot at Hinterland in Iowa. Now when he tours, he’s headlining *two* nights at a a stadium in Nashville. Unreal.

Wrote about the unstoppable Winona Fighter for this year’s Best of Nashville! Dig into the list for that + a ton of other excellent suggestions from people who care about your city.

Wow!! I just received $80 million in seed capital for my startup that provides critics with new identities, addresses, and social security numbers after they lightly criticize Taylor Swift's new album.

file under: music journalism, in general

@grammarpurist.bsky.social

It’s that time of the year in the south when I’m just so tired of sweating.

YouTube video by NPR Music Turnstile: Tiny Desk Concert

I brought Turnstile to the Tiny Desk @npr.org

There's horns and piano. Ska and Motown renditions of songs u luv. Brendan stage dives. A mini mosh ensures.

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Andy Ogles Threatens Nashville With National Guard Deployment Tennessee's 5th Congressional District rep nonsensically claimed that the mayor is 'using the city as an outpost for international gangs'

I see Ogles wanting to deploy the National Guard in Nashville and I raise deploying the Rock City Guard to his house:

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Opinion | No Matter How Hopeless It Seems, We Should Press for Better, Stricter Gun Laws The prevalence of mass shootings in America is not normal, no other country has to deal with it to this extent, but we are not powerless to act.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Among the many tragedies of the Minneapolis school shooting is how commonplace a story like this has become,” German Lopez writes. But “the prevalence of this problem is not normal, no other country has to deal with it to this extent, and we are not powerless to act.”

10 years later, it's still a joy to fall into Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Emotion' Emotion cemented Jepsen as a niche star and was acclaimed for its sense of drama and unabashed schmaltz. It's also a trove of songs about one particular emotion less associated with her cutesy image.

Emotion cemented Jepsen as a niche star and was acclaimed for its sense of drama and unabashed schmaltz. It's also a trove of songs about one particular emotion less associated with her cutesy image.

Daniel Donato Prepares for His Mother Church Debut Talking to the cosmic country singer-songwriter and guitarist ahead of the release party for his new LP ‘Horizons’

And @mattleimkuehler.bsky.social catches up with Daniel Donato about cutting his teeth with a band of aces he calls "my Zeppelin" in the shadow of the Ryman to now headlining the Mother Church (with an after-party at Robert's).

“Which game are you calling?”

“I’m CALLING BOTH!”

Kevin Harlan! The voice of a childhood filled with noon kickoffs on CBS (before the Chiefs became … whatever the Chiefs are now).

Daniel Donato Prepares for His Mother Church Debut Talking to the cosmic country singer-songwriter and guitarist ahead of the release party for his new LP ‘Horizons’

A new one from me in this week’s @nashvillescene.com

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Bumping what I wrote the night he quit the Raiders

Jon Gruden's emails made clear he's a racist, sexist, homophobe. That doesn't just make him a bad person (thought it obviously does!), it makes him a bad football coach, because you need to work with Black people, gay people, and women to win

NFL football back on my TV at 10 am

My editor this week (+4k words)

It’s that time of year where I’m missing football enough to tune into *multiple* CFL games in one weekend.

Got this in a mail a few months after writing that one.

Jeannie Seely at 80: Opry trailblazer releases new music with a little help from her friends Jeannie Seely releases a duet with Willie Nelson, called "Not A Dry Eye In The House," this Monday.

RIP to Opry legend Jeannie Seely. Was lovely getting to know her in 2020 when working on this story for The Tennessean.

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Went to a rock show last night. Enjoyed it!

Jack White Preaches the Rock ’n’ Roll Gospel White and band ripped during the second of two pop-up shows Wednesday at The Blue Room

Thanks to Matt for slipping into one of Jack White's pop-up gigs yesterday! Sounds like a great time, as usual.

Man, I do love this town.

NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.