This episode we’re back with another dose of local music. There’s nine tracks queued up for your enjoyment and it’s possibly one of our most eclectic episodes yet with plenty of new releases and a handful of selections from year’s past that we somehow, regrettably, skipped.

As always, do yourself a favor and follow all of these wonderful artists so you don’t miss out on future releases: Jordan Lehning, Petty, Heavy Richard, Conner Youngblood, Joy Oladokun, Black Bra, Tim Gent, Joe Pisapia and Medusa’s Hairdresser.

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Jordan Lehning
“Oolaloom”

Petty
“Prize for This”

Heavy Richard
“High and Dry (I’m Fine)”

Conner Youngblood
“Los Angeles”

Joy Oladokun
“Who Do I Turn To?”

Black Bra
“I Was a Young Girl”

Tim Gent
“Teammates”

Joe Pisapia
“Casarza Ligure”

Medusa’s Hairdresser
“Negative Four”

“Main Theme” by Upright T-Rex Music

Cover image: PETTY.

During the 200th episode of the show, a retrospective look back at the fourteen years of coverage we’ve provided for the Nashville music scene, I lamented multiple times at the woeful lack of coverage on hip-hop. Frankly, it goes further than that and we’ve been dismally lacking in music created by people of color overall. We can’t change the past but we can change how we operate moving forward.

This episode isn’t meant to be an atonement for the previous lack of coverage but it is an intentional reset in widening our gaze and committing to ensuring more coverage for everyone. I truly believe the We in We Own This Town to be inclusive of all genres outside of Music Row and Pop Country and I’d like to make sure that’s actually reflected in the content of the show, not just lip service.

Many thanks to Lance Conzett for this Black Voices Nashville playlist to aid as a jumping off point for discovery.

If you are not already, I implore you to follow @blm_nashville (Black Lives Mattre Nashville), @gideonsarmyunited (Gideon’s Army United), @oversightnow (Community Oversight Nashville) & @nashvillepeoplesbudget (Nashville People’s Budget). Education is the driver to action.

As with every episode, follow these artists! These tracks are just the beginning of a much larger pool of music to be heard and enjoyed. Many thanks to Negro Justice, Jonesiii From the Moon, The New Respects, Lackhoney, Count Bass-D, Kyshona, Brineaboy and thirdface for their creations.

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Negro Justice
“Stimulus”

Jonesiii From The Moon
“For Me”

The New Respects
“We Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere”

Lackhoney
“SWEETS”

Count Bass-D
“Beno”

Kyshona
“We The People”

Brineaboy
“Cool Around”

Thirdface
“Grasping at the Root”

“Main Theme” by Upright T-Rex Music

Cover image: Kyshona Armstrong.

By just about weights and measures, reaching 200 episodes is a milestone worth celebrating but in regards to We Own This Town Music, a little context is important. This show, as you know it right now, is a weekly podcast showcasing new and interesting releases from the Nashville area. Given that it’s a WEEKLY show, you’d think that’d getting to 200 episodes would take, roughly, 4 years. However, the We Own This Town podcast hasn’t always been weekly. Far from it in fact. Truth be told, Episode Number 1 of this show came out in 2005. Sept 20, 2005 to be exact.

So, not only is this the 200th episode, it’s also a small celebration of fifteen years of documenting the Nashville music scene. As you’ll hear through the course of this episode, there have been some major ebbs and flows in the coverage we’ve provided but we’ve, pretty much, been consistently at it for well over a decade.

In celebration of some 15 years of coverage, we take a little trip back in time from the beginning to now. A single song from each year of our coverage is contained within this episode but it’s an impossible task to feel like it’s anywhere close to holistic coverage. There’s just so much good music coming out of our scene every single year that covering 15 years in a single episode is a fool’s errand in. That said, I went on that errand anyway. These songs are meaningful to me, (Michael Eades), which is to say they may not be reflective of who was the most popular band at the time but as far as I’m concerned, these songs all hold up. It’s a wonderful playlist.

Thank you to Doug Lehmann for the creation of We Own This Town and thank you, the listener, for tuning in. We look forward to another 200 episodes of promoting our fantastic city.

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Ole Mossy Face
“Calls and Walls”

How I Became The Bomb
“Secret Identity”

The Privates
“Barricades”

And The Relatives
“Cowboy Jazz”

Those Darlins
“Hung Up on Me”

James Wallace And The Naked Light
“Colored Lights”

D Watusi
“High School Girl”

PUJOL
“DIY2K”

Tristen
“No Ones Gonna Know”

Dave Cloud And The Gospel Of Power
“Fever”

BRiLeY
“The Search / Rare Love”

Bully
“Feel the Same”

Peachy
“Rich Boy”

Faux Ferocious
“Price of Progress”

Heaven Honey
“Total Abandon”

“Main Theme” by Upright T-Rex Music

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