From its opening notes by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Cropper backing up Emily McGill to the closing jams by Cordovas, Roots on the Rivers 2023 was a wonderful time, with a strong turnout, loads of kids, excellent food, and musical revelations. Award-winning Nashville photojournalist John Partipilo was on hand to capture moments and memories, and we have a dozen of his best images as a memento of a sweet early Summer day.
It's finally here! Saturday June 3 will find the WMOT community chilling, mingling, eating, drinking and above all listening to a superb lineup of Nashville and national talent. Two stages, food trucks, local craft beer and cocktails, a picking circle and more await you. Here's a full guide to the day ahead.
Last week’s Finally Friday was programmed to preview this weekend’s Ride The Tide Music Festival at The Caverns in Pelham, TN, for which WMOT is the official radio partner. That preview continues this week with the mighty voice of Eli “Paperboy” Reed. And while our other guests, country star Rissi Palmer and “Americanoir” songwriter Ben de la Cour, aren’t playing the Caverns, they are setting up gigs of their own, so it’ll be a satisfying free show and a table setter of sorts for more fun you can have in the coming weeks.
Ben de la Cour mines his personal life for musical inspiration. And he’s lived one hell of a life so far. Raised in Brooklyn, he started playing music in