Morgan Wallen’s questionable behavior in recent years caught up to him Tuesday when a Nashville council voted overwhelmingly to deny a 20-foot sign bearing his name in the city’s famed Lower Broadway entertainment district. The sign was proposed to hang from the bar over the sidewalk below; the venue already …
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One year ago, six people were killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville. The tragedy left the community reeling with grief and shock as they mourned the loss of three young students and three faculty members. In honor of the anniversary, the Lone Bellow are paying …
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Country musician Morgan Wallen is opening a new venue in the Lower Broadway district of Nashville this summer. “This Bar and Tennessee Kitchen,” as it has been named, will span six different floors, each catering to creating a unique customer experience. “I sing about finding myself in ‘this bar’ and …
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A New Jersey legend is setting up shop in Nashville. Jon Bon Jovi has officially announced plans to open a massive bar and restaurant in the city’s Lower Broadway entertainment district. JBJ’s Nashville is scheduled to open this spring, though an exact date has yet to be revealed. The venue …
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The shooter who killed three children and three adult staff members at Covenant School in Nashville in March planned the attack with specific people in mind, according to the shooters’ writings, as Nashville’s Metropolitan Police Department confirmed. The confirmation came after the pages were leaked online. “I am greatly disturbed …
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“It would be so much easier to let me go/Let me keep on wandering down my lonely road.” These are the lyrics from Nate Smith’s “Love Is Blind,” a country ballad that accompanies a dramatic and intense scene between Love Is Blind cast members Izzy and Stacy on the fifth …
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Ed Sheeran went from headlining Nashville‘s Nissan Stadium to performing at a local bar over the weekend. The musician surprised some local bar patrons at Santa’s Pub, where he sang along to “I Want It That Way” by Backstreet Boys. “Celebrating breaking the attendance record at Nissan Stadium in Nashville …
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More and more country music seems to be bubbling over into the pop mainstream this year. “Last Night,” a single from Morgan Wallen, won’t budge from its top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and among the positions below it are Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” and …
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Jenny Lewis knows she’s not a real Southerner. “Let’s be honest,” the 47-year-old indie-rock icon says on a Zoom call. “I’m a Jewish girl from the Valley, transplanted in East Nashville. I’m not an outlaw at all.” It’s true: In Tennessee, where Lewis has been splitting her time with L.A. …
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When Melody Walker and her friend Caitlin Doyle first envisioned the Grateful Dead tribute band Bertha, Tennessee’s legislature hadn’t yet introduced legislation limiting drag performance. The Nashville musicians were just daydreaming about an all-women Dead tribute group, but soon landed on the idea of doing it in drag. “I was …
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