SoundLand 2011

Yesterday brought forth the full site and expanded line-up for SoundLand 2011 – the latest incarnation of Next BIG Nashville. While the big names – Foster the People, M. Ward, Ghostland Observatory – will certainly bring people in I’m actually more impressed with the locals they’ve managed to cobble together. JEFF the Brotherhood, Those Darlins, Paper Route, Tristen, Madi Diaz, Caitlin Rose, Uncle Skeleton, Keegan DeWitt, The Cadillac Black, The Apache Relay, Mikky Ekko and By Lightning! among the first batch to be announced. It’s possible that by having more national acts coupled together with local artists that the original vision of highlighting the greatness emerging from the Nashville area might be closer to being achieved than one would suspect.