The trope of the wandering musician is a familiar one. We’ve all heard the Allman Brothers’ "Ramblin’ Man" or Dion’s "The Wanderer" or even more recently, Chris Stapleton’s "Traveller". But the longevity of this trope shows the reality of the hard life of a musician on the road. Nashville’s Riley Moore took this trope and lived it out like no other however when he toured 1,600 miles from Portland to Nashville ON FOOT. Perhaps inspired by that experience, Moore is now sharing throwback country single "Wandering Man" ahead of his album Vagrant due out in June. Check out the song below. And if you missed him at The Basement this week, catch Riley Moore the next time he wanders through town! – Chris Thiessen

The four guys of Nashville’s Khamsin have smartly and seamlessly combined the atmospheric vastness of guitar-driven indie rock with the passionate and catchy vocals of pop punk on their newest two-song EP, A Brief Look Down. Both "Ferment" and "Gather" show promise for this young band who have an ear for both experimentation and accessibility. Listen to the EP below and catch Khamsin at That 70’s House in Nashville on March 23rd! – Chris Thiessen

Formerly a fiddle player for The Apache Relay, Kellen Wenrich has struck out on his own as Kellen of Troy. His debut full-length Posthumous Release offers self-reflective lyricism through a fusion of indie pop, rock, and folk that draws strongly from the melodic influences of The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and occasionally ’50s rock & roll, situating Wenrich nicely beside contemporaries Lord Huron and Kurt Vile. Check out the album below and be sure to look out for the next time Kellen of Troy is in town! – Chris Thiessen

For those who like the bluegrassy side of indie folk (think The Punch Brothers or maybe Sufjan at his most stripped down), you should already be familiar with Nashville’s The Arcadian Wild. If you’re not, today they have released their newest 2-song EP, Look Around. The organically beautiful tracks "The Poet" and "Millstatt" are the first looks at the trio with new member, violinist Machaela Nesler. Their fine-tuned folk arrangements, poetic lyricism, and heartwarming harmonies make The Arcadian Wild a standout outfit in Music City. Check out Look Around below! – Chris Thiessen

If you haven’t heard of Patzy yet, well, that’s because there’s not a whole lot to say yet. Their About page consists of "Patzy are some friends who play music in Nashville, TN. But hey, they share a name with the guy that bangs coconuts together in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. So that’s pretty neat. On a more important note, Patzy has debuted their first single, "Pat’s Chord Pool," a dreamy piece of psych pop drenched in reverb and orchestral tendencies. Check out the single below and be sure to look out for their Opus Uno coming out this Spring. – Chris Thiessen

Covering country artists here at the Deli is definitely an anomaly for us. However, country artists that are actually cowboys is also an anomaly. Before becoming a full-time musician, Ross Cooper did the whole bareback riding and rodeo thing until an injury ended that career. Luckily for him (and for us), he can put out some good music. On I Rode The Wild Horses, Cooper delivers authentic songwriting and country music that would fit next to contemporaries like Margo Price. Check out the title track below and catch Ross Cooper at Grimey’s on March 12th at 6 PM! – Chris Thiessen

His name may look hard to pronounce, but the heartland rock and americana delivered by Szlachetka (pronounced SLA-HET-KA) is easy to love. February marked the release of Szlachetka’s debut full length Heart of My Hometown which blends sweet, heartwarming folk ballads ("Wildflowers on the Highway") with the type of crunchy rock tracks you’d expect from vintage Tom Petty ("Until That Echo"), all wrapped up in a modern package a la Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit. If you missed him at 3rd & Lindsley last week, make sure to check out the record! And listen to "Heart of My Hometown" below. – Chris Thiessen

Just formed last summer, five-piece rock outfit Oddnote is packing a punch with their self-titled debut. Seamlessly combining hard-hitting blues rock (see "Money Comes, Money Goes") with Nirvana/Soundgarden/Foo Fighters-inspired ’90s rock and roll (see "Ice Hell", "Neurons", and the whole album pretty much), the 15 tracks of Oddnote feel like a rocket blast. Make sure to check out the Nashville shoutout on "615" as well! And watch the trippy video for "Money Comes, Money Goes" below! – Chris Thiessen

It’s not quite summer yet, but Savannah, Georgia is getting things started early with Savannah Stopover Music Festival, happening March 8-10! Luckily for us, there are a ton of Nashville artists heading over to make this festival worth the travel. Be sure to catch Liz Cooper & The Stampede, Okey Dokey, The Vegabonds, The Medium, Lilly Hiatt, Escondido, and Becca Mancari among many others next month down in Savannah. of Montreal, Nikki Lane, and Wild Child top the bill. Weekend passes are still available, starting at $79 for all three days and $34 for single day passes! Get excited! And for now, enjoy the festival playlist below!

Blues rocker Hannah Wicklund and her group The Steppin Stones are locked and loaded to burst onto the Nashville indie rock scene with their self-titled LP due out today, January 26! Wicklund is a guitar-wielding burst of fire taking cues from ’60s and ’70s rockers from Hendrix to Petty. Lead single "Bomb Through the Breeze" was released late last year, and leads off the album– an album which is sure to be one of the most exciting releases to come out of Nashville in 2018! Check out "Bomb Through the Breeze" below! – Chris Thiessen

Just last year, Ron Pope released his seventh studio album Work to much acclaim, even being named one of "10 New Country Artists You Need To Know" by Rolling Stone Country. Obviously, seven albums in, "new" is a relative term. But the work Pop has put in over the past decade shows time and again. Now this Friday, Pope is releasing a 7-track companion EP titled Worktapes. Lead single "Twin Falls Idaho" shows off Pope’s picturesque storytelling and breathy Americana vocal performance over a stripped back piano-led track. Check out the single below and look out for Worktapes this Friday! – Chris Thiessen

Nashville’s (via Baton Rouge) C. Stewart McKee is beginning 2018 by trying to "Move On" with his newest self-released single. "I know it’s far too late to negotiate," McKee sings on the Americana-tinged track with just a little touch of early Ed Sheeran. The beautifully shot video featured below displays vast mountain landscapes and rocky terrain, mirroring the uncertainty of the future but the determination to move. Check out the video below! – Chris Thiessen