Shane Smith & The Saints brought their big Texas country sound to Nashville for the first time recently; as the band took the stage, four of the five members spanned the front showcasing mandolin, acoustic guitar, fiddle, and upright bass. I appreciated that it was not the usual assortment of strings that I see at... Continue Reading →
Show Preview: Smooth Hound Smith Album Release at Exit/In on 1/15/16
When he was younger, Zack Smith, multi-instrumentalist and one-half of Nashville-based Americana duo Smooth Hound Smith, got tattoos on his fingers to insure that he would never get hired to work in an office. He walked a series of vocational paths, but music was the only thing that he never stopped doing. Fate took its course,... Continue Reading →