Peter 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...
View ArticlePeter Cooper On Music: Earl Scruggs’ legacy helps rejuvenate his hometown
Randy Scruggs, son of bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs, stands near a statue of his father at the Earl Scruggs Center in honor of his father during a tour that took place after the Earl Scruggs Center...
View ArticleMarshall Chapman plays Ryan Reynolds’ mother in upcoming movie
Marshall Chapman (photo: John Partipilo/The Tennessean). Nashville songwriter Marshall Chapman has had her songs recorded by artists ranging from Crystal Gayle and Sawyer Brown to Joe Cocker and Jimmy...
View ArticlePeter Cooper On Music: Marshall Chapman keeps fire alive
Marshall Chapman (photo: submitted) Marshall Chapman is 64. And she wants us to know that. Perhaps that’s because she’s among the world’s most vivacious 64-year-olds, and perhaps it’s because she...
View ArticlePeter Cooper On Music: After fire, Cowboy Jack Clement puts back the pieces...
Click to see a gallery of Cowboy Jack Clement through the years. Here, Clement sits at his new sound board and new studio in his home. (photo: John Partipilo/The Tennessean). “It was funny, almost,”...
View ArticleExit/In celebrates 40th anniversary with week of benefit shows
Guy Clark (photo: Senor McGuire) Nashville live music institution Exit/In will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a week of benefit concerts at the venue, taking place September 5 - 10. Acts scheduled...
View ArticleMarshall Chapman shares ‘Big Lonesome’ songs at Station Inn
Marshall Chapman (photo: John Partipilo/The Tennessean) In Nashville’s roaring ’70s, Marshall Chapman was known as one of (if not the only) Music City female rock ’n’ roll bandleader. She commanded...
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 Article‘Country Strong’ feels like Nashville
Click to see a gallery of photos from the Nashville premiere of 'Country Strong' (this image of stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw: Scott Garfield/Screen Gems/File). A popular yet struggling country...
View ArticleSat., Nov. 27: Marshall Chapman plays tribute to a friend
Marshall Chapman plays the Bluebird Cafe on Nov. 27 (photo: John Partipilo/The Tennessean). Marshall Chapman plays the road manager of Gwyneth Paltrow’s character in the upcoming film Country Strong,...
View Article‘Country Strong Singing Contest’ comes to Nashville in December
The long-talked-about, Nashville-filmed movie Country Strong -- which has actress Gwyneth Paltrow playing a country singer, with real-life country singer Tim McGraw portraying her manager husband --...
View ArticleMinton Sparks returns to Station Inn
Minton Sparks In a town filled with singer-songwriters, Minton Sparks tends to define herself as a speaker-songwriter. She writes poems and stories, and delivers stage shows that marry storytelling and...
View ArticleMarshall Chapman writes love letters to Nashville, friend Tim Krekel
Marshall Chapman (photo: John Partipilo/The Tennessean) Thus far in 2010, Marshall Chapman has released an album of mostly self-penned Americana songs, written a book of profiles called They Came To...
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