Tag: Nashville

As Shaffer began to flesh out her characters, she moved Nashville star Billy and son Joe’s estrangement center stage, along with Joe and songwriter Inez’s love story. There was just one problem: If you’re writing a play about country music, you’re going to need, well, country music. And Shaffer’s facility with words did not extend to scoring. Then a friend mentioned that she’d once sat next to Kristian Bush on a flight and came away with his email address

Hugely successful author Ann Patchett just penned her seventh novel, Commonwealth, which spans fifty years and sprawls from California to Virginia, telling the story of a blended family marked by tragedy. She takes us inside her Nashville bookstore.

“The Stitch” is one of several potential projects in cities around the country whose primary intent is to restore the links between urban neighborhoods that were severed decades ago by the federal interstate highway system.

8 stylish events across the Southeast, including a collection of Elvis photography, a show by artist Hassan Hajjaj, and more.

Twenty miles south of Nashville, Franklin’s downtown is lined with boutiques, restaurants, art galleries, and specialty shops, with scarcely a chain store in sight.

Here in Georgia, a few country musicians are taking a pass on Music City, choosing not just to live here but to write, record, and perform here. The decision comes at a cost.

With so much to see and hear and taste, it’s a good thing Nashville is also known as a town that rises early and stays up late, affording visitors plenty of time to take advantage of the round-the-clock fun.

If you visit Music City, you won’t have trouble finding Belle Meade Bourbon, and you just might bump into whiskey makers Andy and Charlie Nelson at a favorite watering hole or diner.

More than 400 artists, 200-plus hours of concerts, and 80,000 festivalgoers at a dozen or so stages in downtown Nashville. The Country Music Association’s four-day event is dedicated to helping fans get close to their idols.

A decade ago, the New York Times declared 12South, a ten-block east Nashville neighborhood, an up-and-coming hot spot.