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Ten Out of Tenn Tour Launches Today

Nashville is known for its great music scene, so it’s no surprise someone would try to base a whole tour around it. This year’s Ten Out of Tenn tour features 10 budding artists that are heating up in Nashville. The tour was started in 2005 by Trent and Kristen Dabbs with the goal of showing a different side of a place that is known for its high-profile country scene.   read more

Cowboy Jack Clement's Home Damaged in Fire

Wearing his Elvis-print pajamas, musician and producer Cowboy Jack Clement watched as 40 firefighters hosed down his house Saturday afternoon for more than an hour—the result of an undetermined fire....  read more

Bonnaroo Announces 2012 Festival Dates

Before this year’s Bonnaroo attendees could wash the mud off their cars or finish flaking off their sunburns, the Manchester, Tenn. festival announced the dates for next year’s festivities....  read more

Tennessee Gets New "Musical" License Plate

Tennessee unveiled a new vanity license plate, to commemorate the state’s contribution to music and benefit music education....  read more

Five Goner Records Gateway Bands

It's the penultimate day of Gonerfest 2010, the seventh annual garage rock extravaganza in Memphis, Tennessee...  read more

Listen Up: A Bend in the River

The city I grew up in grew up around a river...  read more

Nashville Flood Benefit Concerts: How You Can Help

As you’ve probably heard by now, devastating floods wreaked havoc on Nashville, Tenn. last weekend, and as the waters receded this week, billions of dollars in damage were left behind. The Grand Ole Opry building was pretty much destroyed, and the Country Music Hall of Fame also sustained damage. Hundreds of people have lost their homes and possessions, and several businesses were hard hit as well. With water still receding and clean-up just beginning, the extent of the damage cannot be known, but you can help by attending one of the many planned benefit concerts. If you aren’t from Nashville,...  read more

Jack White's Third Man Records Starts Live-Show Vinyl Series

When your industry is struggling, you have to adapt. Jack White knows this, and his Third Man Records imprint in Nashville, Tenn., has announced a series of live in-studio performances that will be open to the public and then pressed onto limited-edition vinyl. The shows, which will give young music fans who can’t get into over-21 shows a chance to see their favorite acts, also provide bands with an opportunity to play for a crowd and record a live album in White’s custom-designed studio. Multi-angle videos of the performances will be posted on Third Man’s website. The Dex Romweber Duo...  read more

Big Surprise Tour Ft. Gillian Welch, The Felice Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show and Justin Townes Earle - Knoxville, TN - World's Fair Park - 8/14/09

Photos taken by Sarah Shute at World's Fair Park...  read more

Americana Music Festival to Feature Buddy Miller, Those Darlins, Will Hoge, Sarah Borges, Many More

The Americana Music Association has just announced the lineup for its 2009 festival, to be held Sept. 16-19 at an array of Nashville venues. ...  read more