Music Country

Evenings like Monday night are why you move to Nashville. Or at least scrape together the funds to visit. It’s because of guys like Charlie Worsham, who threw an all-Lynyrd Skynyrd party as the latest installment of his Every Damn Monday residency at the Basement East and proved why Nashville …

Willie Nelson‘s eclectic 4th of July Picnic – first launched in 1973 – is one of the longest-running traditions in Texas country music, but the Red Headed Stranger knows that not all of his fans can make it to the Lone Star State every Independence Day. So this year, for …

Florida Georgia Line will headline the inaugural FGL Fest at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 8th, leading a lineup that includes Nelly, Cole Swindell, RaeLynn, Jillian Jacqueline and Mason Ramsey. The event coincides with the annual Brickyard 400, a NASCAR-series race held at IMS, and continues a longstanding relationship between …

Opening with one of the most distinctive drum hits in rock & roll history, Elvis Presley‘s 1957 movie tune, “Jailhouse Rock,” smashed it way to the top of the pop, r&b and country charts, becoming one of the most iconic tunes in the Elvis canon. For all its oddly homoerotic …

Time Flies is probably something of an understatement for Jim Lauderdale. Having cut an average of an album a year for more than three decades, the two-time Grammy winner could be forgiven for losing track of his own output. This summer, he’ll be releasing two more LPs: one of which …

On Monday night, Kris Kristofferson took things back to his standing room only days by performing the first of three intimate club gigs at Nashville’s Basement East, alongside Ben Haggard and the Strangers. Beginning the show a little before 8:00 p.m., Kristofferson, Haggard and their ace band – including drummer …

It’s hardly a secret that Nashville‘s growth over the past two decades has been nothing short of phenomenal. While much of that change has seen long-standing buildings and institutions swept aside in the name of progress, one of Music City‘s most treasured traditions has only grown and prospered. Now celebrating …

Country Music Hall of Fame members Alabama will lead a fundraising concert to benefit Jacksonville State University after the northeast Alabama school was damaged by a March tornado. Set for September 26th at JSU Stadium’s Burgess-Snow Field, the show will also include performances by the Charlie Daniels Band, Jamey Johnson, …

When we meet for lunch at East Nashville’s Butcher & Bee on a damp Tuesday afternoon, Joshua Hedley is wearing a camouflage trucker cap that reads “Elizabeth Cook for Sheriff.” This is noteworthy, because seated directly behind Hedley, at a table with her manager, happens to be the Americana singer-songwriter …

After giving an uplifting rendition of “Meant to Be” during Sunday’s ACM Awards, Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha stopped by Ellen to offer an encore performance of their smash collaboration. Don’t expect a repeat of Sunday’s performance, though, as the Rexha and Florida Georgia Line trade out a gospel-influenced …