Happy birthday, Darius Rucker! The South Carolina native turns 55 on May 13. In honor of his birthday, we have 11 fun facts about the rock turned country star. 1. He was one of six children raised by his single mother, Carolyn. Rucker has three sisters and two brothers, who were all raised by their single mother, Carolyn, while…
When Alan Jackson‘s highly-anticipated Where Have You Gone.album is released on Friday, May 14, the record will mark the Country Music Hall of Fame member’s first new project in six years. Jackson’s last album, Angels and Alcohol, was released in 2015, although no one is more surprised than Jackson that the gap has been so long. “It wasn’t intentional,”…
Elliston Place Soda Shop has been closed for 18 months, but is now open. The historic eatery, originally opened in 1939, shut its doors at the end of 2019, after it had been purchased by Nashville real estate developerTony Giarratana and his wife, Lisa. “The restoration of Elliston Place Soda Shop was a labor of love,” Giarratana told Fox…
Thomas Rhett’s wife, Lauren Akins, is launching an eight-episode podcast, Live in Love, beginning on Tuesday, May 11. The new podcast coincides with the paperback release of Akins’ memoir, Live in Love, which was originally released last year. In Live in Love, Akins is brutally honest about both the highs and lows of her marriage to Rhett. Although the transparency…
Home Free‘s “One Voice” collaboration with Billy Gilman is a full-circle moment for the group’s Austin Brown. It was “One Voice,” first released in 2000, which inspired Brown to be a singer as a child. “I remember. I was a kid when this song came out, and it meant so much to me to hear someone singing like I…
The food scene in Nashville continues to explode, with both locals and tourists embracing Music City as one of the premier places to enjoy a wide variety of foods and cuisines. While Nashville has unfortunately seen several restaurants close, in large part due to the challenges restaurants faced because of the pandemic, there are still plenty of new places…
Dierks Bentley will soon kick off his High Times & Hangover Tour, playing five back-to-back nights of shows in clubs, before launching his Beers on Me Tour in August, playing amphitheaters all over the country. The 2021 tour makes Bentley part of a small, but growing, list of artists who are stepping back into the touring world, as the…
Baby will soon make six for Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins, when they become parents to four children, all girls, later this year. The “What’s Your Country Song” singer announced the good news while performing at Billy Bob’s in Texas, after first getting the go-ahead from his wife. “Well… we are pregnant again!” Rhett later posted on social media….
Many will remember the horrific injuries producer Dave Brainard experienced in the fall of 2015, when he and a friend were mercilessly attacked in downtown Nashville, leaving Brainard severely injured and unconscious. Although he miraculously recovered after having reconstructive surgery on his face, the tragic event did have at least a touch of a silver lining, which came…
Sandi Patty will perform two back-to-back shows at the Franklin Theatre on Saturday, May 8, located in Franklin, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville. The concerts are part of her ongoing Simply Sandi: An Intimate Night of Stories and Songs With Sandi Patty series, where she not only sings, but tells the stories behind some of her biggest and most-beloved…
