Ardent Presents

Ardent Presents: Nick Pagliari

Native son Nick Pagliari stopped by Ardent Studios in Memphis to share a few acoustic... 

Ardent Presents: Valerie June

Valerie June sings like an southern angel channeling Joanna Newsom. It’s easy... 

Ardent Presents: Nick Redmond of Star & Micey

Nick Redmond, although recently acquired as lead guitarist for the band Star &... 

Ardent Presents: Cory Branan

Southaven, MS born Cory Branan was steeped in music from a young age. The son of... 

Ardent Presents: Raina Rose

Let’s say you took a female folk singer with the fierceness of Ani Difranco,... 

Ardent Presents: Aimee Bobruk

Austin’s Aimee Bobruk is a talented songwriter whose delicate vocals wrap the... 

 Ardent Presents: Amy Speace

Garnering comparisons to everyone from Roseanne Cash, to Lucinda Williams and Neko... 

Ardent Presents: Paul Snowflake Taylor

When you listen to this week’s show and you hear Paul Taylor thank his esteemed... 

Ardent Presents: JD Reager

Check out this week’s edition of Ardent Presents featuring former drummer for... 

Ardent Presents: Joy Whitlock

Singer-songwriter Joy Whitlock drops by Ardent Studios this week to play a set for... 

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Ardent Sessions: The Broken West

The Broken West released their sophomore album on Merge Records last year called... 

Ardent Sessions: Star & Micey

Star & Micey are masters at creating heartbreakingly beautiful music. Their... 

Ardent Sessions: Le Switch

On this week’s edition of The Ardent Sessions we welcome LA’s Le Switch. ... 

Ardent Sessions: Farewell Flight

This week on the Ardent Sessions we feature the soaring, lush melodies of the hardest... 

Ardent Sessions: Hill Country Revue

If you are a fan of the three times Grammy nominated North Mississippi Allstars,... 

Ardent Sessions: Oh No Oh My vs. Royal Bangs

This week on the Ardent Sessions we catch up with two southern bands on the verge... 

Ardent Sessions: Mouserocket

Check out this week’s Ardent Sessions with Mouserocket featuring Alicja Trout... 

Ardent Sessions: Carney

Reeve Carney, lead singer of the LA based band Carney, recently nabbed the title... 

Ardent Sessions: What Made Milwaukee Famous

Few have been disappointed with the sophomore effort from Austin-based band What... 

Ardent Sesssions: John Paul Keith and the One Four Fives

On this week’s edition of the Ardent Sessions we check in with John Paul Keith... 

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Catching Up with Farewell Flight Catching Up with Farewell Flight

Farewell Flight recently stopped by Ardent Studios during their never-ending tour to have lunch and update us what’s been going on with the band since they recorded here.  The band has recently finished their sophomore album “Lonesome Traveler”,  which is currently being mixed and mastered. The release date is set for early 2010. 1.... [Read more of this review]

Catching Up With Aimee Bobruk

Aimee Bobruk I recently caught up with Aimee Bobruk who just received this fantastic review in Maverick Magazine (UK, Oct 2009 Issue). Aimee Bobruk The Safety Match Journal Hungry Ghost Music **** A sweet, sensual and surprising album from start to finish Austin’s Aimee Bobruk takes every opportunity to defy convention. Not least did she send out... [Read more of this review]

Ardent Sessions: Oh No Oh My vs. Royal Bangs

This week on the Ardent Sessions we catch up with two southern bands on the verge of making it big. Last year Austin’s Oh No Oh My and Knoxville’s Royal Bangs came to Memphis  to play a charity event together and we were lucky enough to have them each come by and play a set for us! Oh No Oh My are currently  working on a new album... [Read more of this review]

Ardent Sessions: De Novo Dahl

De Novo Dahl has been building it’s fanciful stage persona and quirky indie -pop repertoire via a myriad of members for almost 8 years.  While the band began their journey in the college town of Murfreesboro, they now call Nashville their home. After a self-released EP, a debut album on Theory Records called Cats & Kittens, which included... [Read more of this review]

Ardent Sessions: Oli Brown Band

Up-and-coming guitar prodigy Oli Brown formed his breakout blues band, The Oli Brown Band, at the ripe old age of 17.  A year later he released his debut album, Open Road, to astounding critical praise, eventually landing on several “Best Of” blues lists in 2008. With so much early recognition, his short career has hardly been the story... [Read more of this review]

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