What’s Good in Nashville? Paul Simon, JEFF the Brotherhood & Kings of Leon

• Kings of Leon are headlining some Coca-Cola-sponsored Final Four event next month.

• More coverage of Turbo Fruits & the Bruise Cruise is surfacing: Brooklyn Vegan has a two part photo gallery & review (part 1 | part 2) & Noisevox has a highlight reel video (via Rebecca Seung). Also, in case you missed it, the Black Lips filmed a music video while aboard the cruise for “Go Out and Get It!”

• Are you wicked rad at creating videos? Would you like an iPad 2 (aka Not your grandpa’s iPad™)? Ten out of Tenn‘s Trent Dabbs might have you covered as he’s running a contest where entrants who submit a music video for “Leave to See” are entered to win such a prize. Click here for more info.

• The Daily Times and Our Stage talk to Tristen.

• Nashy’s Dead has one final Freakin’ Weekend preview video featuring JEFF the Brotherhood. The weekend’s festivities kick off with a show tonight at Exit/In featuring Diarrhea Planet, Jacuzzi Boys & Cy Barkley. Show starts at 9; see you there.

• The least essential video of the day: Ke$ha tattoos a fan. Also, remember that new song that Ke$ha wrote for Britney Spears that wasn’t supposed to come out until the 14th? It leaked.

• CB’s not exactly the Internet’s #1 destination for country music commentary, but this Associated Press article about the Country Radio Seminar is something worth checking out. (Dap to The Daily Swarm for the heads up.)

• As if you needed one more good reason to show up: Dee Goodz has been added to Questlove‘s upcoming show at Mai.

• The Kopecky Family Band have a video from last night’s I’m Still Beautiful Benefit Fashion show at Mercy Lounge.

• Paul Simon‘s playing the Ryman in May.

• NPR’s World Cafe profiles Wanda Jackson.

• Lastly, a quick shout out to Titus Jones, whose Culture Shock release (which dropped earlier this week) received a shout out from the New York Post today.

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Also, in case you missed out on any What’s Good in Nashville? updates this week, here’s a brief recap: Monday (Questlove, Useless Eaters & Titus Jones), Tuesday (Bruise Cruise, Dee Goodz, Tristen & Prophicy), Wednesday (Those Darlins, Rites of Spring & Blastoids) & Thursday (Ke$ha vs. Britney, Freakin’ Weekend & Classic Williams).