[Frist Art Museum] March 1, 2023 Nashville’s Diverse Music Scene Celebrated in Exhibition of Works by Ten Local Photographers

Through images of musicians including Ariel Bui, Sierra Ferrell, Brittany Howard, Peter One and Jess Sah Bi, Marty Stuart, William Tyler, Adia Victoria, David Rawlings, and Jack White, the exhibition demonstrates how the performers’ self-presentations—clothing, hair, stance, and facial expressions—provide visual links to the music they are making, bringing viewers into the room with the audience to share a visceral experience. While viewing the exhibition, guests will be able to listen to a playlist of the performers’ music on their own devices with headphones via a QR code in the gallery. 

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[We Own This Town] 336: We're Back
[We Own This Town] 336: We're Back

We heard Real & Fantasy from Ariel Bui off of the full-length record Real & Fantasy. I’ve said it on previous episodes, but compelling rock music is not easy to make these days, and I’ve got to hand it to Ariel for making an album that is immersive, honest, and catchy. There’s a lot of tracks on this record, so if you like that, there’s plenty more to hear. There’s also videos that go along with it. Recommended all around. - Michael Eades

(Featured at 38:55 & 47:08)

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[Zo Magazine] Creating a Sustainable Reality with Ariel Bui
[Zo Magazine] Creating a Sustainable Reality with Ariel Bui

Today it’s not uncommon to be self-taught because the internet is right there to provide one with all of the tools needed, but back when CD players were still all the rage, one had to obsessively listen, practice, and learn to the same record on repeat to grasp the beauty of creating one’s own music. Thanks to a determination on that level, Ariel Bui is here gracing the world with her presence and working towards not only educating the next generation of musicians but also creating a sustainable world for them to do so. With that, we talked about her October 2022 release, ‘Real & Fantasy,’ educational goals, building her dream space, and more with Ariel Bui.

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[Beehive Candy] Ariel Bui - Kirby Heard - The Orchids - Julianna Riolino - Lasse Matthiessen
[Beehive Candy] Ariel Bui - Kirby Heard - The Orchids - Julianna Riolino - Lasse Matthiessen

The music of Ariel Bui, who Ann Powers of NPR Music once described as "a psychedelic cowgirl cool rockabilly queen”, pulls from her wide ranging musical background as a performer and music educator, blending elements of indie rock, indie pop, country, soul, surf, and psych rock into a distinct sound that should instantly appeal to fans of artists like Angel Olsen and Courtney Barnett.

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[Tinnitist] Midweek Mixtape | 158 Songs From An Insanely Busy Wednesday (Side 6)
[Tinnitist] Midweek Mixtape | 158 Songs From An Insanely Busy Wednesday (Side 6)

Holy crap, what a mountain of new music! No time to jibber-jabber; let’s get right at ’er. Here are 158 new singles, videos, cover tunes, remixes, unburied treasures and live performances — including tons of gems that you can’t find anywhere else — that will keep you busier than a one-legged man at an ass-kicking. Your Tinnitist-approved tracks are tagged with a ⛰. Why? Because it’s there:

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[THE BLUEGRASS SITUAT10N] 3×3: Ariel Bui on Southern Manners, Fiona Apple, and Analog-Loving Freaks
[THE BLUEGRASS SITUAT10N] 3×3: Ariel Bui on Southern Manners, Fiona Apple, and Analog-Loving Freaks

If money were no object, I'd build and live in an off-grid Earthship somewhere rural, but not too far from civilization and travel a lot from there. I love Taos, New Mexico, and the Mediterranean, and would love to travel the world and see where else I'd like to land. I want to learn more about my Vietnamese roots and would love to learn to play Vietnamese traditional folk instruments and songs.

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