Music Mecca is a Nashville-based online music publication showcasing non-mainstream artists through features, interviews, reviews, event coverage, playlist curations, and other avenues. We also conduct features on music-related happenings, organizations, businesses, and anything in that bubble.
We are a small grassroots team of dedicated writers and musicians working to create quality pieces of content to help support the more “under-the-radar” music community (depends on who you ask), entertain and inform fans, discuss the ever-evolving music world, and so on. Typically we cater to songwriters and instrument-driven music, but we’re always open.
Regardless of the ChatGPT, AI, and general instant gratification world we live in, we will always be proprietors of thought-out human-made written content that we can take pride in. And typically if you see Music Mecca as the author, it’s an edited press release relaying news.
Here’s a quick breakdown of the categories:
Trendin’ Now- Premieres, music videos, interviews, albums, and more we’re particularly diggin’ and think should be on your radar.
Nashville’s Newest- Features on artists making music in Nashville with either recent or upcoming releases. Also includes music events, business spotlights, news, and so on. Priority goes to Music Mecca’s hometown.
Around The Block- Same as above, except these focus on artists from all over the country and globe.
News You Can Use- Music event news, music business/organization spotlights, informational pieces, festival news, and anything else that’s relevant.
Tales From The Show- Narrative show and event stories from our on-site note-scribblers. We typically cover whatever interests us ranging from small club shows, to acclaimed festivals. We (almost) always obtain official press/photo passes for each show covered. Gonzo music journalism at its finest.
Playlists- We maintain and update multiple playlists, curated primarily based on artists we’ve worked with or covered to some capacity. They range from mellow indie songwriter tunes, to barn burnin’ country and bluegrass, to pure guitar-led rock and roll among others. A range of genres and moods for your day-to-day.
Gallery- Photos of shows taken by photographers who shot specifically for us or events we were a part of. Again, we (almost) always obtain official photo passes for our photographers. Most of the time we shoot photos of artists we’ve done a feature on, or are conducting a show review for.
Music Mecca launched in 2017, and what started as a music classifieds website (think all-things-music Craigslist) soon transformed into a full-fledged online music publication. We’ve since published over 1,700 articles, traveled around the country covering events, and have established ourselves in the Nashville community and beyond.
Our mission is to be a primary source to not just discover new music, but learn about the artists behind the music, and maintain a consistent and concise platform for both rising and established artists. And with that, be a resource for fans to read about their favorite artists and stumble upon new ones. Perhaps most of all, we love to help tell the stories of songwriters both past and present.
Stay tuned and stay well.
Editor-in-Chief
paul@musicmecca.org
Present & Past Contributors
& many more!
