Our first “Live from WUKY Studios” show of 2025 will feature Nashville-based drummer Sofia Goodman! There will be two sets for this show – 5:00pm and 7:00pm. WUKY Studios is one of the most intimate and acoustically beautiful venues in the city, you won’t want to miss this special show!  

About the artist

Sofia Goodman is an award-winning drummer, composer and bandleader residing in Nashville, TN, whose work has been internationally recognized in the press from sources like DownBeat and Jazziz. Since 2017, her group has toured the U.S, appearing at many notable venues and festivals, including USM Jazz & Blues Festival, where her quartet was the headliner. An accomplished bandleader and arranger, she has developed repertoire for her trio, quartet, septet, octet and more. In 2024, The Sofia Goodman Group won the NIMA award for Best Jazz Group. Goodman has also won the Pathways to Jazz Grant and the CMA Performance Plus Grant and has received several nominations from NIMA.  

Will you be into this?

As a composer and performer Sofia Goodman is a risk-taker, fearless, and versatile. In her compositions, she combines classic elements of jazz while bringing a contemporary vibe.  Joshua Meyers from Downbeat describes her work as " Mesmerizing, compositionally rich...These are the sounds that honor the transformative possibilities inherent in the essential elements that surround and sustain us." 

You can listen to her most recent album, Receptive, here.