We chat with Mackenzie Carpenter and take you inside Super Nintendo World

Stagecoach 2023 is in the books and The Music Universe was on hand for exclusive coverage. We saw 18 artists during the three-day festival in Indio from April 28-30 and chatted with several as well. We published our print interviews with Ian Munsick and Warren Zeiders already.

This episode includes an interview with The Valory Music Co’s Mackenzie Carpenter, who was recently named a member of CMT’s Next Women of Country Class of 2023. We chat with her about her new EP, forthcoming full-length album and more.

We also share some sites around the festival grounds, including the iconic Ferris wheel, the seven-story spiral rainbow tower walkway called Spectra, and more.

Following our three-day excursion in the desert, we headed to a cooler Los Angeles where we visited Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood. The Mario Brothers theme song is the first video game tune to enter the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. It’s one of 25 new additions alongside Mariah Carey, Led Zeppelin and more.

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