Music Spotlight: Corey Congilio

Feb 19, 2025 at 05:00 am by Bethany Bowman

Nashville, Tennessee, has no shortage of talented studio musicians. Also called “hired guns,” these session instrumentalists are a big part of what makes Music C.... Read More

SmithField Celebrates Love with New EP, Love You To The Moon

Feb 14, 2025 at 05:00 am by Bethany Bowman

I’ve learned that you can write a Christmas or Wedding song that “sticks,” and you can generate income for life. SmithField’s Trey Smith married in N.... Read More

Runaway June Release “To Be Yours”

Feb 07, 2025 at 01:00 am by Bethany Bowman

Runaway June is a female country music trio comprised of Stevie Woodward (lead vocals/guitar/harmonica/piano), Natalie Stovall (vocals/fiddle/guitar), and Jennifer Wayne (vo.... Read More

Dolly: An Original Musical to Make Its World Premiere at Belmont’s Fisher Center

Jan 28, 2025 at 03:28 pm by Bethany Bowman

Anyone who is even the slightest bit of a Dolly Pardon fan has heard talk during the past few months about her original Dolly musical being created, written, and developed b.... Read More

Music Spotlight: Tori Rose

Jan 28, 2025 at 12:28 pm by Bethany Bowman

Music has been a part of newcomer Tori Rose’s life for as long as she can remember. Growing up on the Monongahela River in southwestern Pennsylvania, Tori Rose’s.... Read More

Music Spotlight: Cecilia Castleman

Jan 24, 2025 at 10:00 am by Bethany Bowman

Celicia Castleman hails from Franklin, Tennessee, and both of her parents are musicians, but if you assumed she would be performing country music, you would be wrong. He.... Read More

The Imaginaries Release New Music

Jan 17, 2025 at 11:42 am by Bethany Bowman

The Imaginaries, one of my favorite musical couples, are comprised of blues rocker Shane Henry and pop singer and pianist Maggie McClure. I featured them in September of 202.... Read More

Music Spotlight: Noah Thompson

Jan 11, 2025 at 01:56 pm by Bethany Bowman

The one word that came to mind when I heard Noah Thompson for the first time was “unexpected.” And I believe that is part of why Thompson won American Idol in 20.... Read More

Music Spotlight: Taylor Austin Dye

Dec 11, 2024 at 02:38 pm by Bethany Bowman

Taylor Austin Dye hails from Booneville, Kentucky, where she first discovered her passion for singing at age five. She reported, “My mother said I learned to sing.... Read More

Music Spotlight: Wendy Moten

Dec 06, 2024 at 11:45 am by Bethany Bowman

After Moten rose to fame as the runner-up on NBC’s The Voice in 2021, the rest of the world saw how fabulous she was, and I knew getting an interview would be more of.... Read More
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2024 (Mostly) Country Christmas Roundup

Dec 02, 2024 at 03:07 pm by Bethany Bowman

Various artists release new Christmas music every year, hoping one might “stick” and be replayed year after year. Many of the songs I have included in this artic.... Read More

Music Spotlight: Riley Roth

Nov 26, 2024 at 04:49 pm by Bethany Bowman

Riley Roth’s song “Give Me Away” was pitched to me after the song went viral. She wrote the song as a special surprise to her father to be played during th.... Read More

Chapel Hart Releases Hartfelt Family Christmas

Nov 19, 2024 at 02:30 pm by Bethany Bowman

Each year I like to feature a new Christmas album or two, and when I heard about Chapel Hart’s Hartfelt Family Christmas album, I knew it was the one I wanted to cover.... Read More

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Farewell Tour

Nov 11, 2024 at 01:40 pm by Bethany Bowman

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band started their All The Good Times Farewell Tour with several surprise guests at the historic Ryman Auditorium on November 7, 2024. When I was a.... Read More

Music Spotlight: Twinnie

Nov 10, 2024 at 02:26 pm by Bethany Bowman

British actress and county-pop singer Twinnie Lee-Moore has just released her most significant project to date, a 22-song album called Something We Used To Say. I firs.... Read More