Alana Haim interview: On ‘Licorice Pizza,’ trucking and her birthday party with Taylor Swift

Hoffman is the son of late Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who appeared in five of Anderson’s films. Haim plays in the rock trio Haim along with her two sisters. After weeks of previews, “Licorice Pizza” finally opens in Nashville on Christmas Eve. I call my mom being like, ‘Oh my God, what’s going […]

Country singer Stonewall Jackson, a longtime Opry member, dies at 89

The D.J,” as well as “A Wound Time Can’t Erase,” “Don’t Be Angry” and his 1958 debut single “Life To Go,” written by a young George Jones. Raised on a south Georgia farm, Jackson at age 10 traded his bike for a guitar and began learning songs, according to his biography. “I came into town, stopped at a little […]

CMA Awards 2021: Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde sing cheating duet ‘Never Wanted To Be That Girl’

Pearce released “Never Wanted To Be That Girl” on “29: Written In Stone,” a full-length album chronicling a year of heartache and loss that the singer described to The Tennessean as the hardest of her life. “Whether we want to admit it or not, we’ve been on one side of that coin or the other,” McBryde […]

Country Music Hall of Fame 2021 inductees include Ray Charles, The Judds

Charles joins as the annual Veteran Era artist, while The Judds receive the Modern Era Artist medallion. “Modern Sounds” delivered stories penned by country giants Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold and Don Gibson through Charles’ filter of smooth pop arrangements and an unquestionably soulful performance. “When Ray did ‘I Can’t Stop Loving You,’ that was probably the time when country […]

Juneteenth celebration: community artists, activists refresh Black Lives Matter mural on Woodland Street

Painting, she said, came to her as a natural way to express herself. Pollard was among several local artists — including Thaxton Waters, Charlie Huddleston, Meg Jo and others — who led the effort in maintaining the mural Saturday morning. The artists were joined by scores of community members who helped with the painting Saturday. Pollard, […]