Since moving to Nashville 15 years ago, I've come to believe that many of the best songs never make it through the major label system to get heard by the masses. But today I'm changing that!
In the…
Jul 3 2019
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Jan 14 2019
Michael Noble: Hard Work Never Goes Out of Style
Michael Noble Backstage at the Opry
Michael Noble is a hit songwriter, session guitar player and member of the Grand Ole Opry band. His story is a fascinating and weaves in names like Roy Orbison, Kenny Rogers…
Jan 20 2018
The Other Side of #TimesUp
Today women are marching and shouting it from the rooftops: Times Up.
First of all, I want to be clear that I fully support and cheer for women like Katie Arminger and the Song Suffragettes (who released a…
Sep 27 2016
AmericanaFest Round-Up for Artists
Berklee Americana Showcase at The Family Wash with my Band
Michael Boris, Me, Bill D, and Nick Arbuckle
Nashville is now officially in recovery mode from the 17th Annual AmericanaFest extravaganza. The event brings thousands of fans and artists to…
Michael Boris, Me, Bill D, and Nick Arbuckle
Nashville is now officially in recovery mode from the 17th Annual AmericanaFest extravaganza. The event brings thousands of fans and artists to…
Sep 9 2016
VIP Album Preview Hosted by WSM's Charlie Mattos
Shantell Ogden with Charlie Mattos, WSM at VIP Album Preview Event
Nashville-based artist Shantell Ogden held a VIP Album Preview event to celebrate her fifth studio album The Road That Drives Me at 3rd and Lindsley this week. Attendees…
Nashville-based artist Shantell Ogden held a VIP Album Preview event to celebrate her fifth studio album The Road That Drives Me at 3rd and Lindsley this week. Attendees…
May 30 2016
From a Tuba to the Opry: Meet Larry Paxton (Part 1)
Multi-instrumentalist and arranger Larry Paxton talks about his musical beginnings, being a "tuba dropout", gigging and how he got started in the studio. Paxton (pictured above with me) now plays bass in the Grand Ole Opry house band in Nashville…
Aug 14 2015
Backstage with Eddie Bayers: Part 2
A 40 year veteran in the music industry in Nashville, Eddie Bayers is Nashville royalty. Beyond playing in the Grand Ole Opry as the house drummer, Bayers has played on hundreds of hit records (300 Gold and…
Aug 4 2015
Proud to Be #2!
Break out the chocolate!
I just found out "Blossom in the Dust" from my new album Ghosts in the Field hit #2 on the Americana/Country Song Chart by the Roots Music Report! It's the highest rising single I've ever had…
Jun 17 2015
Backstage with Eddie Bayers: 'American Master' Musician- Part 1
Eddie Bayers in his 'office' on the Grand Ole Opry
As a 16-year-old Eddie Bayers became an orphan, and it was then he started the long road to making a living as a musician.
It's been an interesting journey at…
Feb 6 2015
The Possum Posse Rides Through Nashville
Possum Posse Rocking the House
Austin-based musical sensation The Possum Posse stopped in Nashville, TN to play some shows, visit studios and tour the town on their way to Nashville, IN to play a fundraiser for the Morel Mushroom Festival…