More “modern” construction is headed for Music Row, with plans to tear down more houses and put in apartment buildings. Berry Hill seems to be more Music Row than Music Row. It was such a cool idea when the industry could have a few blocks where most of the ...

Learned the term “farm emo” this week. Was a memo sent out on this term (a slang name for Country music)? Emo is short for emotional or emotion, so I am told. Is it a bad thing or good thing or just a thing? Words are very touchy these days. The University ...

A flood of flashbacks this week as the Country music community remembered the accomplishments of a three Music City greats: Ralph Emery, Dallas Frazier and Jerry Crutchfield. All three were great at their jobs: broadcaster, songwriter and producer, respectively. Emery ...

Quoting Shakespeare and it’s just the 2nd week of 2022. Already this year an Americana artist has stirred the Morgan Wallen pot, and The Tennessean is trying to connect the dots between a controversial past president, an A -list country singer and decades of ...

As a new year speeds through its first week, Country music, no stranger to cliché, is headed for a showdown. The CBS/city of Nashville PR machine showcased one brand of Country music on New Year’s Eve: the bar crawl Country where the TV audio, in too many ...

The dust of 2021 is starting to settle. Some degree of normalcy crept back in midway through the year. If you look at everyone’s touring plans for 2022, things are going to be way past normal. But don’t you feel the “someone hiding in the ...

The virus can’t come back this winter! Too many Nashville based tours are on the road in 2022. Garth Brooks is selling tickets this weekend for his spring LSU stadium show, and the next stop will be in Orlando at Camping World Stadium on Saturday March 26th. ...

With award shows checking in at under seven million viewers, the biggest audience other than the Super Bowl for music acts is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. More than 25 million people saw/heard the show that’s only on NBC. The dog show afterwards gets ...

How many Nashville music luminaries can pull off a one-man show on stage at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium? I mean, get multiple standing ovations and create foot stomping so strong you feel the place shake? A few could swoon for you, maybe even impress you, but Garth ...