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Story Behind the Song: ‘The Rainbow Connection’
Songwriter Paul Williams talks to Bart Herbison at Nashville Songwriters Association International in 2013. Does any songwriter have a cooler set of credentials than Paul Williams? Today, he’s the...
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Interview: T Bone Burnett on the music of ‘Llewyn Davis’
T Bone Burnett performs during a benefit concert for Cowboy Jack Clement at War Memorial Center in downtown Nashville, Tenn. January 30, 2013. (Samuel M. Simpkins/The Tennessean) 13 years after "The...
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Justin Timberlake always finds the spotlight
This film image released by CBS FIlms shows Oscar Isaac, left, and Justin Timberlake in a scene from "Inside Llewyn Davis." (AP Photo/CBS FIlms, Alison Rosa) When you’re Justin Timberlake, going...
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Oscars best original song candidates include Taylor Swift, Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon pose by their star on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tenn. on September 21, 2012. (photo: Samuel M. Simpkins/The Tennessean) Along with the Grammys, some of Nashville's biggest...
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Peter Cooper On Music: Drummer with disease stays positive
Trey Gray is fighting a genetic brain disorder that will cause him to lose the ability to walk and talk. Trey Gray calls himself blessed, which is not what most of us would call him. Gray is a...
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Marshall Chapman plays Ryan Reynolds’ mother in upcoming movie
Marshall Chapman (photo: John Partipilo/The Tennessean). Nashville songwriter Marshall Chapman has had her songs recorded by artists ranging from Crystal Gayle and Sawyer Brown to Joe Cocker and Jimmy...
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Levi Hummon eyes Oscar nomination with ‘Make It Love’
Levi Hummon has songwriting in his blood. The 22-year-old son of hit country songwriter Marcus Hummon is now looking at the possibility of adding Oscar nominee to his resume. From left: Andrea Young,...
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Ken Burns’ country music documentary due in 2018
Ken Burns (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - PBS documentary maker Ken Burns is examining the roots of country music and how it has changed through the present day for a multi-episode...
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Kix Brooks shows acting chops in new movie, ‘Ambush at Dark Canyon’
Kix Brooks made a name for himself as half of award-winning country duo Brooks & Dunn. He added radio personality to his resume when he started hosting American Country Countdown several years...
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Nashville Film Festival’s music films: Glen Campbell, Bela Fleck, Shovels &...
Music lovers can look forward to seeing Led Zeppelin, Glen Campbell and Johnny Winter in Nashville next month - only they'll be on the screen, not the stage. Glen Campbell (photo: Tom Stanford/The...
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