Houston,Cyrena,Gabe
Friends of Lola


http://www.friendsoflolamusic.com

Four days in Nashville and still digesting-- Including some manner of swine on your plate a few times a day doesn't come without a price, but the stomach held up and had the finest of times hanging with Deb, Bill, Gabe (see previous post) Gabe's girlfriend Cyrena, (aka: Friends of Lola co-lead singer with brother Houston) and assorted other members of their friendly community. East Nashville (where Gabe lives)  is apparently gentrifying like Brooklyn on Benzadrine and the omnipresent twang of "Tin Pan South" seems to be the main engine fueling  the "Ka-Ching" in a town more prosperous, young, and lively than the one I last visited 18 years ago.  Kinda reassuring to see a US city on the upswing after so many years of Detroit-like disasters.  And you heard it here first (or maybe you didn't), but Friends of Lola is a band you're gonna hear from and of...and it'll come with a buzz a lot louder than anything confined to just the Blogosphere.