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Jan 15, 2025 | 
nashvillemusicguide.com | Rick Moore
With over a million streams on Spotify alone, Makenzie Phipps has spent several years recording and posting singles while traveling between Nashville and her hometown in Virginia, before finally settling in Music City last year. Phipps’ debut single, “Maybe,” was named “Female Country Song of the Year” at the 2021 Josie Music Awards, and she hasn’t looked back since being named “Future Star of Tomorrow” by the North American Country Music Association International.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
nashvillemusicguide.com | Rick Moore
In a career that is into its sixth decade, Mickey Thomas – he of the platinum pipes that once dominated FM Rock stations during stints with Elvin Bishop, Jefferson Starship, and finally Starship – has no interest in slowing down, whether it’s in the studio or in front of worldwide audiences of thousands.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
nashvillemusicguide.com | Rick Moore
There’s a short history of junior high school-age singers becoming successful country artists – Billy Gilman, Leann Rimes, and of course the inimitable Tanya Tucker, who’s killing it on the road as much as anybody these days.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
nashvillemusicguide.com | Jimmy Star |Rick Moore
The clock is ticking and the excitement is mounting for the 10th Annual Josie Music Awards celebration and pre-party celebration this weekend in Nashville, TN. […]
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
nashvillemusicguide.com | Rick Moore
The Young Fables – singer/guitarist Laurel Wright and guitarist/singer Wes Lunsford – have been one of the hardest-working acts in Nashville for a decade now. Playing hundreds of shows year after year, making records, shooting documentaries and more, industry heavies like Shania Twain and Travis Tritt have sung their praises.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
nashvillemusicguide.com | Rick Moore
Johnny Paycheck was a country music legend, probably best known for his 1977 hit single “Take This Job and Shove It.” But that song, which was written by David Allan Coe, was only one in a long line of singles that Paycheck had released (and had written or co-written) since the ‘60s. He sang background for Ray Price, played bass and steel for George Jones, and wrote songs that were covered by Jones and Tammy Wynette while he pursued his own career in Music City.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
nashvillemusicguide.com | Rick Moore
For the better part of two decades, Rob McNelley has been a go-to guitar guy in Music Row’s studios, and his popularity as a leading session man only continues to grow. While his real breakthrough may have been working with Lady A early in their career, these days he continues to lend his guitar work to albums by Jon Pardi, Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton and other A-listers.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
nashvillemusicguide.com | Rick Moore
Singer/songwriter Brei Carter has spent the past decade building a brand with her style of country-soul music, and seems to be headed upward in her quest for new fans of her musical message. Over the past few years in Nashville, Carter has worked with such writers and producers as Corey Lee Barker (Vince Gill, Tracy Lawrence), Jason Wyatt (Lost Trailers, Lucas Hoge), Curt Ryle (Justin Moore, Sarah Buxton) and others.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
nashvillemusicguide.com | Rick Moore
Over the past three decades of bouncing between Nashville and his native Las Vegas, Chris Heers has worked with, and learned from, some of the greats. As one of Las Vegas’ hardest-working entertainers, Heers recently opened an outdoor show with Scotty McCreery, and plays regular gigs at Blake Shelton’s recently-opened Ole Red’s on the Strip and at the LeDoux Saloon, a homage to the late country music rodeo icon Chris LeDoux (and his son Ned).
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May 14, 2024 | 
nashvillemusicguide.com | Rick Moore
Into nearly his sixth decade as one of the architects and founding fathers of popular Americana, John McEuen was an original member of California’s Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, a group which made history with the recording of 1972’s Will the Circle Be Unbroken album at East Nashville’s Woodland Studios.
