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The reason those comedic hosts always shout like crazy people when they say “LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT!!” on the famous NBC show. That’s because there’s nothing like the energy of a live broadcast, with an audience and artists all together in a special space. All those pieces are in place for April 15 when we return to the Wash at Eastside Bowl for Finally Friday in person. We’ll hear country from Katilin Butts, hearty roots rock from Nashville’s Hollier and southern ...

This week, our reader feels lucky to be renting from a friend who moved abroad while working hard and studying.

Every Friday in April, we're hooking 3 lucky listeners up with tickets to see Halestorm, Stone Temple Pilots, and Black Stone Cherry!

Watch our four-song sets from Jason Erie and Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters for our Finally Friday at Home.

The Asheville/Nashville dynamic is in play for this week’s Finally Friday at Home. We’ll hear streaming sets by Music City roots rocker and heavy songwriter Jason Erie as well as a sampling of an epic new album from North Carolina’s eternally excellent Amanda Anne Platt.

Finally Friday returns to the realm of home studios and streaming intimacy this week with two seemingly different artists who are united by the blues. The Wooks are among the more traditional leaning bands commonly heard in the jamgrass universe. Quinn Sullivan is a 22-year-old phenom who's been anointed by the elder masters of blues/rock guitar.

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After a joyful return to (periodic) live Finally Friday shows last week at the Eastside Bowl, our artist series resets this week to the cozy confines of home studios and remote stages with a fascinating pair of artists sharing album release performances with us on Feb. 25. The Wooks bring a light and free touch to their native Kentucky bluegrass, while Sophie Gault leads her band The Broken Things with an attention-grabbing voice and a lot to say.

We need live gigs like we need water right now, so we’re pleased to let you know that we’ve got a great one for you late this week. Because WMOT is coming back with the first in-person Finally Friday since March 2020. The stacked lineup includes Maya de Vitry (pictured), Kevin Gordon and Jeremy Ivey.

Americana music needs its wise, gray-haired masters, male and female, to keep the legacy alive, just as it needs its youth brigade stirring up novel ideas. That’s what this week’s pairing on Finally Friday reminds us.