Brad Paisley: Master of the illusion
Brad Paisley performs at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, April 1, 2012 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) LOS ANGELES - Brad Paisley, the headliner for Sunday's closing...
View ArticleJamey Johnson honors Hank Cochran with star-studded tribute album
Jamey Johnson (photo: Samuel M. Simpkins/The Tennessean) Jamey Johnson and a crew of country legends and music stars pay tribute to late songwriting great Hank Cochran with his new album "Livin' For a...
View ArticleNashville scores pre-Grammy show
Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland performs during the Grammy Nominations Concert in L.A. in 2009. It will be broadcast from Nashville this year. (File/Associated Press) By Jaquetta White The Tennessean The...
View Articlerecap: Brad Paisley brings Virtual Reality Tour to Charlotte, N.C.
Brad Paisley performs at the 2012 CMA Fest at LP Field in Nashville TN. (photo: Larry McCormack/The Tennessean) Brad Paisley gave Charlotte, N.C. a localized show studded with patriotism, humor and...
View ArticleJamey Johnson pays Hank Cochran fitting tribute
Jamey Johnson Willie Nelson called songwriter Hank Cochran “the avalanche of sorrow.” Dale Dodson, Cochran’s close friend and the co-producer (with Buddy Cannon) of Jamey Johnson’s gorgeous new Cochran...
View ArticleNashville rocks Grammy nominations: Peter Cooper analysis
Click here to see a photo gallery from Wednesday's 'Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!' show. Here, Taylor Swift and LL Cool J perform a rap version of one of her songs during the Bridgestone Arena show...
View ArticleCream of Nashville’s crop represents at Grammys
Jack White performing at the Ryman Auditorium on May 15, 2012 (photo: Dipti Vaidya/The Tennessean) By Peter Cooper and Dave Paulson The Tennessean Perhaps it’s easier to identify which Grammy...
View ArticleAlison Krauss to play Marathon Music Works this weekend
Alison Krauss on the red carpet at the MusiCares Person of the Year gala. (Photo: Chris Pizzello / Associated Press). Grammy award-winning singer Alison Krauss along with Gordie Sampson, Jimmy Rankin...
View ArticleAmericana music festival planned for Franklin
Alison Krauss will headline the first Cross County Lines Music Festival at Liberty Hall at The Factory at Franklin. (photo: Larry Busacca / Getty Images) A new music festival is planting its roots in...
View ArticleChildren’s book author Sandra Boynton pairs with Josh Turner, Brad Paisley,...
Children's book author Sandra Boynton (Photo: courtesy Sandra Boynton) Sandra Boynton holds the pen (or computer keyboard) behind popular children’s books including “Barnyard Dance” and “Moo Baa La La...
View ArticleSandra Boynton stirs up ‘Frog Trouble’
Sandra Boynton Cartoonist and children’s book author Sandra Boynton didn’t realize that making a country music album in Nashville would be “this hard.” Boynton has recorded four other albums — three of...
View ArticleDave Grohl, Jason Mraz join CMA Awards lineup, Taylor Swift to perform with...
This year's Country Music Association Awards. show is set to feature several genre-crossing collaborations. Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Nirvana fame will join Zac Brown Band during their...
View ArticleKenny Rogers, Bobby Bare, Jack Clement inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame
Click here for a photo gallery from the 2013 Medallion Ceremony. Here, Kenny Rogers, right, waves during the Medallion Ceremony at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Sunday. Kenny Rogers kept the...
View ArticleTaylor Swift wins CMA’s Pinnacle Award
Taylor Swift ends the North American leg of her Red Tour in Nashville with a three-night run at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. (Photo: Larry McCormack/The Tennessean) The Country Music Association...
View ArticlePeter Cooper On Music: Clement and Scruggs’ house jams hosted many legends
A jam session outside Cowboy Jack Clement's house includes Ketch Secor and Gill Landry of Old Crow Medicine Show. (photo: Peter Cooper) Want to buy one of Nashville’s greatest music venues? You can do...
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