Supporting Firefly Garden By Emily J Ramey Written for Merry Ellen Kirk Merry Ellen Kirk is a poet. Perhaps “songwriter” is a more commonly used term, but it’s also too commonplace for Merry Ellen’s glittering narratives, songs that spring up wildly from her subconscious and bloom into vibrant, lilting melodies. Her sparkling piano refrains sweep and spill into [...]
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Merry Ellen Kirk Bio
Posted in Local Nashville, Publicity Pieces, tagged aaron krause, bio, blinding light, candy, clair de lune, emily j ramey, firefly garden, folk, invisible war, merry ellen kirk, nashville, piano, pop, singer-songwriter, the shakespeares on 10 November 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Paul McDonald Article
Posted in Feature Articles, Local Nashville, tagged american idol, americana, bmi, emily j ramey, idol tour, Local Nashville, musicworld, nikki reed, paul mcdonald, rock, season ten, songwriter, the grand magnolias, twilight on 17 August 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Idol‘s Lone Songwriter” By Emily J Ramey Written for BMI: MusicWorld Paul McDonald draws musical inspiration from his life, which, if you’re up on your pop culture you’ll know, has been positively brimming with spectacular, whirlwind song material. The 26-year-old singer/songwriter placed eighth on season ten of American Idol, met, dated, and got engaged to Twilight starlet Nikki Reed, [...]
Abigail Washburn’s “City of Refuge” Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Local Nashville, tagged abigail washburn, album review, ballad of treason, banjo, bela fleck, bluegrass, bright morning stars, city of refuge, clawhammer, emily j ramey, folk, Local Nashville, rounder records, songs of a traveling daughter, the sparrow quartet on 17 January 2011 | 1 Comment »
Abigail Washburn “City of Refuge” January 2011; Rounder Records By Emily J Ramey Click Here to See the Published Version on American Music Channel Clawhammer banjo wonder Abigail Washburn has returned to her solo venture with stories to tell. After debuting with the sparse and haunting Songs of a Traveling Daughter in 2005 and sidetracking [...]
Marie Hines’ “Worth the Fight” Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Local Nashville, tagged debut, emily j ramey, eric kinny, lovestung, marie hines, nashville, over you, piano, pop, singer-songwriter, string quartet, worth the fight, wrapped up in love on 12 December 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Marie Hines “Worth the Fight” December 2010; Independent By Emily J Ramey Click Here to See the Published Version on American Music Channel It’s an extraordinary occurrence when you think about it – finding words that say what you truly feel, melodies that express the very ebb of your thoughts. These sorts of discoveries are [...]
Marie Hines Bio
Posted in Local Nashville, Publicity Pieces, tagged bio, debut album, emily j ramey, Local Nashville, lovestung, marie hines, paper heart, piano, pop, singer-songwriter, string quartet, worth the fight, wrapped up in love on 1 December 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Supporting Worth the Fight By Emily J Ramey Written for Marie Hines Marie Hines is a dazzling blend of old and new. She writes with the scope and eloquence that comes with age and the purity and hopefulness of youth. Marie’s rosy piano melodies accompanied by her telltale string quartet glow with grand turns of [...]
Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now” Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Local Nashville, tagged album review, big machine records, country, dear john, emily j ramey, fearless, haunted, mean, mine, nashville, platinum, pop, songwriter, sparks fly, speak now, taylor swift, the story of us on 30 October 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Taylor Swift “Speak Now” October 2010; Big Machine Records By Emily J Ramey Click Here to See the Published Version on American Music Channel I’ve been one of those people who have dug their heels in and resisted Taylor Swift like the plague. I avoid her for the same reason I avoid those silly e-readers… [...]
The Dead Weather’s “Sea of Cowards” Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Local Nashville, tagged album review, alison mosshart, blue blood blues, blues rock, dean fertita, die by the drop, emily j ramey, horehound, hustle and cuss, jack lawrence, jack white, nashville, queens of the stone age, sea of cowards, the dead weather, the kills, the raconteurs, the white stripes, third man records on 15 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Dead Weather “Sea of Cowards” May 2010; Third Man Records By Emily J Ramey Click Here to See the Published Version on American Music Channel The Dead Weather is something of an accidental band, blooming into life not as a pretty flower might bloom, but perhaps a mushroom explosion from an atomic bomb, or [...]
Moon Taxi in the Studio
Posted in Favorites, Local Nashville, Photography, tagged 12th south records, album, emily j ramey, live ride, moon taxi, nashville, photos, recording, spencer thomson, studio, tommy putnam, trevor terndrup, tyler ritter, warner brothers, wes bailey on 15 February 2010 | 1 Comment »
Regionally successful rock band Moon Taxi (a band that I am close to and whose success I am invested in, if you haven’t noticed already) took a day out of their busy touring schedule to begin recording tracks for a third full length album (second studio album). The band generously allowed me to join them [...]
