Clay Evans

Songwriters Circle: Mike Willis

12 years ago Liv Carter 3
For a few months now, one of the bands generating a buzz in Nashville is The Cumberland Collective. This cheerfully-chaotic cluster of songwriters was a hit at Folk Alliance 2012, and is just weeks away from releasing their debut album, In the Room. One of the writers at the core of this collective is Georgia-native Read More

Introducing The Cumberland Collective: “We want to make music for the right reasons”

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Introducing The Cumberland Collective: “We want to make music for the right reasons”
One of the hits of the Folk Alliance 2012 was new Nashville band, The Cumberland Collective. Consisting of anywhere up to fifteen players, eight of the band’s members made their first trip to the music conference where I watched them create a buzz with their unique blend of, well, just about every music genre you Read More

Songwriters Circle: Clay Evans

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Songwriters Circle: Clay Evans
I hear a lot of new music. In any given week, I am sent upwards of 100 new CDs. This is probably true for most music writers: if you want to grab my attention, you need to arrive with something special; something I haven’t heard from anyone else. Nashville singer-songwriter Clay Evans did just that Read More

Concert Review: Chris Nathan, Rick Huckaby, Clay Evans – Blue Bar, Nashville – January 13, 2012

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Concert Review: Chris Nathan, Rick Huckaby, Clay Evans – Blue Bar, Nashville – January 13, 2012
By all indications, 2012 is going to bring some really great new music to us all. On Friday night, January 13, 2012, at Blue Bar in Nashville, three extremely talented singer-songwriters, all at various stages of completing new projects, lined up to entertain a very friendly and very captive audience. Chris Nathan, who hosted the Read More

Concert Review: Marion Grace – Bourbon Street Blues Bar, Nashville, TN – Jan 10, 2012

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Concert Review: Marion Grace – Bourbon Street Blues Bar, Nashville, TN – Jan 10, 2012
If you have heard it said that in Nashville you can hear incredible talents “any night of the week”, take this to be true. Having the luxury problem of an overabundance of fantastic voices and incredible players, choosing a destination for a night out is often a long process of elimination. On Tuesday nights, I Read More