The “Today” show on January 21st showed screen shots of negative comments pointed toward Garth Brooks. The commenters didn’t like it that he agreed to appear at the swearing in ceremony for President Biden.

Politics and show business often create a toxic cocktail. The worst ever example was the Dixie Chick incident. More recently, a number of right-leaning artists were shunned for their pro-Trump stances. Now, the right is blasting Garth for his swearing in appearance and Tim McGraw for his duet with Tyler Hubbard on the “Celebrating America” inaugural night television special.

It can be Obama or it can be Trump, politics get people fired up. Social media is the sewer for most of this negative spew. The nasty reactions are just easier and more widely distributed these days with Facebook and the other outlets.

Tim McGraw and Tyler Hubbard put out a song the other day called “Undivided.” One line sums up the feelings of so many: “I’m tired of looking left or right / So I’m just looking up.” A new president swears in next week, and a few thousand more will line up ...

Maybe we thought that with 2020 gone, 2021 would bring a return to some kind of normal. Maybe that was too much to ask! Tim McGraw called it a “sad day.” That may have been the biggest understatement of 2021. Music Row was abuzz on January 6th when news broke of the ...

If you wrote the 2020 story of Nashville as a screenplay it would get tossed! A tornado, followed by a job-killing pandemic, then, before the third act, a terrorist bombing on Christmas morning. Yeah, and the bomber played Petula Clark’s classic “Downtown” right ...

Hey Santa, I’ve never written you before. You might remember I sat on your lap at Loveman’s department store back in my hometown of Montgomery. I have waved at you when you appeared in various Christmas parades and on TV. But due to the virus, I am paralleling my ...

Music Row really got into the Christmas spirit in this most unusual year. Every year a few Country stars put out their holiday albums. Most get one shot at it, and usually have a very fun recording experience. Nashville Christmas music was right on schedule, but the ...

It was a great Alabama song and a perfect way to describe Dolly Parton, “Close Enough To Perfect For Me.” You don’t hear Dolly on many radio stations these days, but you sure hear her name. She has been everywhere lately: NBC’s “Today” show, Oprah on Apple +, ...

It has very often not been the case. But after covering the CMA Awards for decades, the voters of the Country Music Association got it right this year, with the right winners at the right time. It had to be an all hands on deck effort. Get The Chief the Entertainer of ...

It’s about the only thing this year that may feel like what normal used to feel like. The CMA Awards on Wednesday, November 11th are inside the vast Music City Center in downtown Nashville, across the street from the Bridgestone Arena and the Country Music Hall of Fame ...

There are 60 days more of 2020, and who can even imagine how this crazy story ends? The next 30 days will be filled with votes and elections. Maybe we find out who will be the next president on Tuesday. Then again, maybe we will not. Two of Nashville’s most well known ...