Carrie Underwood had a dream come true when she performed with Dwight Yoakam on Tuesday night, July 27, for CMA Summer Jam. The American Idol alum invited Yoakam to join her on stage during her set, where they collaborated on two of this hits, “A Thousand Miles” and “Guitars, Cadillacs.” Underwood also gushed about the performance on social media….
hMartina McBride celebrated the official opening of her exhibit, Martina McBride: The Power of Her Voice, at the Country Music Hall of Fame on Tuesday, July 27. The exhibit includes numerous items throughout McBride’s life and career, including childhood outfits, hand-written lyrics, awards, her wedding dress, a personal note from Dolly Parton and more. “This is surreal and overwhelming,”…
Maneet Chauhan is giving an update on her beloved Nashville restaurant, Chauhan Ale & Masala House, after the dining room flooded last week. The Food Network star said the restaurant is open for take-out only, while she and her husband, Vivek Deora, work to get the indoor dining room open again. “The saying goes ‘Slow and steady’ but we…
Miranda Lambert‘s Casa Rosa is open in Nashville, and no one is more excited about it than the superstar. Casa Rosa not only is a reflection of Lambert’s own life, and her love of Tex-Mex food, as well as her abilities and instincts as a female entrepreneur. “It’s cool to have!” Lambert gushes to CMT‘s Cody Alan. “First of…
Happy National Hot Dog Day! The annual food holiday is being celebrated this year on July 21. We have five of our favorite places in Nashville — all with very unique menu items — to celebrate National Hot Dog Day. 1. I Dream of Weenie The I Dream of Weenie menu includes classic fare, as well as creations like…
Take everything you might think about a chain restaurant, and erase it from your mind, at least when it comes to North Italia. The upscale Italian eatery boasts more than 20 locations, stretching from Arizona to Pennsylvania to Texas, and is about to open its second location in Tennessee, when the newest North Italia welcomes customers in Franklin, Tennessee,…
Live music is — finally — back, and in a big way, especially in Nashville. Recent announced performances include Dan + Shay’s Good Things album release party, the two-night CMA Summer Jam event, and an outdoor concert on Thursday, July 22, at 6th and Peabody in downtown Nashville. Leftover Salmon will perform, along with the Davisson Brothers band and Southern…
Darius Rucker is once again hosting his annual Darius and Friends concert, now in its 12th year, with proceeds benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The event, which has raised more than $2 million since it began, will take place at the Ryman Auditorium on August 17, with an online option to watch as well. Artists joining Rucker will…
The Academy of Country Music is returning with their annual Party For a Cause, this year held on Tuesday, August 24, at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater, with proceeds benefiting their charitable Lifting Lives program. Trisha Yearwood and Lee Brice have been announced as performers, along with Brett Eldredge, Mickey Guyton, Sam Hunt, Old Dominion and Tenille Townes, with more artists…
The original Puckett’s Grocery, located in Leiper’s Fork, has been sold, but visitors and patrons have nothing to fear. The store, restaurant and music venue, which now boasts multiple locations across Tennessee, including in Chattanooga and Pigeon Forge, will be preserved, thanks to buyer Aubrey Preston. It was Preston who saved the historic RCA Studio A from being demolished…
