A few faves from this year. I kept my head down most of the year, but got to have some fun with my camera. Here’s to a better and brighter 2026.
1.
@alannaroyale crushing at
@615indielive , 2/1/25
2.
@sinkers_615 at one of the most fun
@altjacent gigs of the year.
@theroughlife and
@xbuttrockbby were so great to work with, truly an asset to any scene they find themselves in, 3/8/25
3.
@miranda_andthebeat at
@softjunk69 , they drove straight from NYC to play this show and ripped, 3/11/25
4.
@teardungeon spraying
@hubbahubbatikitonk with fake blood. 4/2/25
5.
@gethighwaistedd at
@femmefatale_nyc , 4/4/25. I managed to leave my ID in Nashville (don’t ask) and
@hellolightfoot was so cool to help me get in.
6. Let’s go Mets, 4/6/25
7.
@heavycream420 was one of my favorite bands of the Infinity Cat/Nashville’s Dead era and seeing them play again at
@dukesnashville felt like a lightning bolt, 4/19/25
8. Ditto to
@byopband . The first band I ever shot, one of the best I’ll ever shoot, 4/19/25
9. Yet another incredible Soft Junk show with
@usgirls.and.remy and a scad of local ringers, 5/14/25
10.
@impediment47 glowing at
@theblueroomnashville . I was supposed to be out of town for this show and it was a bright spot in a rough weekend, 7/26/25
11.
@caroline__red at the final Fester, a show where almost everything went wrong but still rates as some of the most fun I had this year, 8/1/25
12.
@tim_gent floats at
@wnxpnashville ’s Backyard Sessions. WNXP continues to bring such joy to this city (and to me personally), including these shows, 8/21/25
13.
@samaracyn doesn’t have a lot of songs but everyone on the rooftop at the Bobby was locked into every lyric, 8/21/25
14.
@keddiesresort.usa playing under a bridge in Portland, OR. Big ups to the photographer who carried extra earplugs—I needed them, 9/17/25
15. The sun rises over Santa Cruz, 10/1/25
