Sat., Jan. 30: Gretchen Peters heads up Planned Parenthood benefit
Gretchen Peters performs at The Rutledge on January 30.Gretchen Peters, the writer of country hits including Martina McBride's "Independence Day" and George Strait's "Chill of an Early Fall," is the...
View ArticleStars unite for Colon Cancer benefit at Loveless
Rodney Crowell (photo: Larry McCormack/The Tennessean)The second annual Stars Go Blue for Colon Cancer benefit is 7 p.m. today (March 23) at The Loveless Barn, 8400 Highway 100 in Nashville. The...
View ArticleEngineer Steve Marcantonio and others contribute to John Lennon tribute
Steve Marcantonio (photo: www.myspace.com/stevemarcantonio)Thirty years ago today (Dec. 8), John Lennon was shot and killed on his return home from a recording session at New York City’s Record Plant...
View ArticleGerry House prepares to sign off at WSIX
Click to see a career-spanning gallery of Gerry House photos (this image of House: Shelley Mays/The Tennessean). Gerry House isn’t reluctant, or sad, or burdened. He’s a little tired, though, of waking...
View ArticleMatraca Berg returns with contemplative, open ‘Dreaming Fields’ album
Matraca Berg (photo: Glen Rose) Aspirations tend to change the moment they become accomplishments. Matraca Berg grew up wanting to write a big country hit, and she did so in 1983 at the age of 18, when...
View ArticleGarth Brooks, Alan Jackson among Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees
Alan Jackson (photo: Paul Drinkwater) Singer-songwriters Garth Brooks, Larry Gatlin, Amy Grant, Alan Jackson and Townes Van Zandt are among the 15 latest nominees for induction into the Nashville...
View ArticleTennessean Music Podcast: Gretchen Peters & Barry Walsh
Gretchen Peters & Barry Walsh (Photo: Kevin Walters/The Tennessean)Gretchen Peters talks to Kevin Walters about Peters' new album, Hello Cruel World, being the parent of a transgendered child, and...
View ArticleNashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announces 2012 nominees
Ronnie Dunn is among the 2012 nominees for the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (photo: Larry McCormack/The Tennessean) The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced nominations for its class of...
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