Next Up: Analog Intelligence: AUGUST 17

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, JON BYRD lived his formative years in small town America, deep in the piney woods of south Alabama just one county over from the birthplace of legendary country artist Hank Williams. In the 90s Jon became pivotal in Atlanta’s storied Redneck Underground music scene. Always a featured sideman, Jon’s first solo recording didn’t come along until after migrating to Music City nearly 20 years ago. 

Jon’s fourth solo album DIRTY OL’ RIVER harkens back to the first Byrd’s Auto Parts record: up-tempo country songs, lots of pedal steel, and some really strong country covers. Jon’s originals “I Get Lost” and “If Texas Is So Great” will be heard for years to come.

Of Jamaican and Louisiana Creole descent, Abstract Black / Jayve Montgomery is a Nashville sound artist and multi-instrumentalist of the Chicago school of Free, Creative, and Improvised musics, Sonic Healing Ministries sector. He was Senior Program Specialist for the Chicago Park District’s Inferno Mobile Recording Studio (2006-2013), a collaborative sound making program for youth and people with disabilities. He was also a curator and artist-in-residence at Brown Rice (2008-2012), an art space for listening in Chicago, IL. 

Broken Champion is a band based on a true story. They’re great sometimes but not always. A lot of shit has happened to them, and some of it is rough. Every time something great was supposed to happen, it rained  Without their music, they’d never make it. Any musician can join the Champs if they are so inclined - just contact us and we’ll let you know the place and time. 

Marco With Love’s Cosmic Italian American Rock ‘N’ Roll music has a vibrant sound that gives a nod to influences such as The Byrds, Little Richard, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. The talented multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, producer, and label owner has built an impressive resume over the past 15 years. 

The MWL band spent time touring behind their “Smothered & Covered” LP, playing to enthusiastic crowds throughout NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Nashville, Boston, Toronto, London and beyond. Marco Argiro has been a recognized name in music scenes both foreign and domestic for years.  

Hailing from Nashville,TN, Lord Goldie, also known as Karizma (a monicher aptly coined for her charismatic stage presence), has been a creative, an artist and an iconoclast since birth. In a town that has historically turned its back on the hip hop community, Lord Goldie exists in an authentic space that fuses underground hip hop, soul, and rock. During her formative years, Goldie was equally as inspired by Linkin Park, Jimi Hendrix, and Nirvana as she was by Jay-Z, Tupac, Queen Latifah, and UGK.

 It is now no surprise that she is well-versed in cross-genre collaboration and marrying distinct sounds into a cohesive story. Lord Goldie has carved a niche in the greater Nashville area, thus enabling her to release meaningful content consistently. This multi-hyphenate raps, writes, produces, and manages, offering creative direction to up-and-coming independent artists like herself.

Eve Maret is a Nashville-based experimental artist and composer who employs a wide array of electronic media and techniques in her various disciplines, exploring the possibilities of personal and communal healing through creative action. Drawing inspiration from nineteenth-century orchestral and choral works, the Fluxus movement, Kosmische Musik and funk, Eve makes use of digital and analog synthesizers, clarinet, electric bass, acoustic drums, and more to create works that range from lush cinematic compositions to space techno. 
 

Eve has released six solo albums since 2016, most recently New Noise on Curious Music. Her music has been reviewed by WIRE Magazine, Bandcamp Daily, and the Chicago Reader. Eve has toured across the US as well as internationally, where she has performed alongside Matmos, Amulets, Lydia Lunch, Sun Araw, and JEFF The Brotherhood, among others. In 2018, Eve co-founded Hyasynth House, an electronic music collective for femme and non-binary artists. She continues to organize events and organize workshops to empower marginalized groups in Nashville and beyond.