Nashville, TN J. Roddy Walston and the Business (JRWATB) is an American rock band based in Richmond, Virginia. The band was formed in 2002 in Cleveland, Tennessee by J. Roddy Walston (vocals/piano/guitar). The Business now consists of Billy Gordon (lead guitar/vocals), Logan Davis (bass/vocals) and Steve Colmus (drums). The band is known for their energetic live shows and Walston's pounding style... Continue Reading →
Alan Light and John Carter Cash To Participate in Book Talk at the County Music Hall of Fame on December 8th
WHO: Alan Light, author and frequent contributor to the New York Times and Rolling Stone, will be joined by singer-songwriter, author and Grammy-winning producer John Carter Cash to discuss Light’s most recent work, Johnny Cash: The Life and Legacy of the Man in Black. WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 8 at 2:00 p.m. WHAT: Johnny Cash: The Life and Legacy... Continue Reading →
Jimmie Allen Makes History as First Black Artist to Launch Career with No.1 Single Debut on Country Radio
More than a decade ago, Delaware native Jimmie Allen moved to Music City with only $21 to his name after dropping out of the University of Delaware. Working odd jobs, he focused on songwriting and performing at any writers round or show he could book. Now, the 33-year-old finds his debut single “Best Shot” occupying... Continue Reading →
Music Spotlight: Stephanie Owens Talks Family, Faith, and Country Music
Nashville, TN — Stephanie Owens grew up in a musical family. Her dad was a high school choral director and her mom was a classical organist. She knew from a young age that performing was what she born to do. “I had an old turkey-baster for a microphone and ran around the couch for my stage,”... Continue Reading →
Blake Shelton Releases Cover of Outlaw Legend Bobby Bare’s “Tequila Sheila”
After announcing “Friends and Heroes 2019” earlier this week, country music superstar Blake Shelton continues to show old-school country some modern-day love with his cover of “Tequila Sheila”
The Women of Nashville’s Music Scene are Calling “Time’s Up”
Song Suffragettes is a collective of female singer-songwriters that performs every Monday night at The Listening Room Café in Nashville, TN.
Artist-in-Residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame: Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert is currently the most awarded female in country music history. CMHOF CEO Kyle Young relates, “We’re talking about someone who has been the CMA’s top female vocalist a record seven times, selling millions of albums and scoring hit after hit while retaining absolute artistic conviction and credibility. She writes her heart and sings her truth, and her truth resonates.
Music Spotlight: Adam Doleac
When I heard Whiskey’s Fine, on Sirius XM the Highway, I always stopped talking and turned it up. There was something about the lyrics to this bluesy, country song that got me. It was that good. Several months later at an event I attended during CMAFest, Sirius’s Storme Warren said to me out of the blue, you... Continue Reading →
Music Spotlight: David Henderson
Nashville, Tennessee – David Henderson is a singer-songwriter who was born in Budapest, Hungary. The son of an American father and a Hungarian mother, seventeen-year-old David burst on to the Hungarian music scene in 2012 when he was discovered on The Voice: Hungary. With family roots in the Nashville area, David has an appreciation for country music and 70’s... Continue Reading →
