Here are photos and highlights from the first big show at Nashville's Listening Room Cafe featuring: Tony Mullins, Bob DiPiero, Chris Wallin, and Aaron Barker 'in the round'. The Listening Room Cafe recently moved to downtown Nashville, TN after being located in Franklin, Tennessee.
Below are some questions I have about the business of songwriting... particularly in the County music industry. See which answers I've found along the way. But hopefully, we'll learn a few things from those of you who actually know these answers firsthand and take the time to chime in in the Comments.
Wondering who penned which songs on CMT's Gone Country music competition? Here are the professional songwriters -- all from Nashville, the celebrities who were responsible for singing their songs, and the title of the songs they wrote for the show Gone Country.
We knew these guys before they were The Hitmen of Music Row. And thanks to GAC, you probably have a better appreciation for these guys and their music, too. Not to mention their amazing sense of humor! Here's everything you want to know about The Hitmen of Music Row...
I really like this album. I especially enjoy listening to it when I'm on long drives... like with the top down on the Jeep! Here's my review, favorite songs from the CD, and some little-known facts about Johnny Reid and his newest album, 'Kicking Stones'.
The latest buzz in Franklin these days is what the new Listening Room Cafe will be like! Most are excited to see another live music venue coming to downtown Franklin, Tennessee. Word is, the doors will open in February '07.
Fun photos and details of the weekend Johnny Reid performed at the IHRA motorsports event in Grand Bend, Ontario Canada. Here's a fan's perspective of the concert, according to Alice Couto, member of Johnny Reid's Tartan Army fan club.
Here are our favorite places in Franklin and Nashville to hear live music in an intimate setting where you can get up close and personal with the singers & songwriters.
Who's Crystal Taliefero?... Only the biggest name in backup singers on the planet! Here's everything you could possibly want to know about Crystal Taliefero. She has performed on hundreds of albums and toured with legendary artists including John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Faith Hill, Brooks & Dunn, Michael McDonald, Bob Seger, Foreigner, Meat Loaf, Garth Brooks, Montgomery Gentry, Van Zandt, and dozens more! See how one girl (me) from Bloomington Indiana now living in Nashville Tennessee has become strangely "connected" to Crystal Taliefero (also from Bloomington and now living in Nashville).
If you haven't heard James Otto's music yet, you've gotta give him a listen! His voice is SO strong, very bluesy with just the right amount of Southern Rock and even some Country. As a founding member of the Muzik Mafia, his upcoming album 'The Otto Show' is being produced by John Rich.
