When Anthony Smith moved from East Tennessee to Nashville in the mid-1990s, he didn't realize a golden era of country music ended. Sometimes not knowing is best because this singer-songwriter achieved major successes when artists like Lone Star, George Strait, and Trace Adkins recorded his songs. There’s no shortage of accomplished songwriters in Nashville. What separates [...]
Canadian Cory Marks excelled at playing hockey and won a spot on the Royal Military College team. If he wasn't going to make it as a pro hockey player, his backup plan was to fly fighter jets. Now he flys high as a successful songwriter and performer. Cory Marks debut album, Who I AM, [...]
Fifteen-year-old Macy Fowler is used to overcoming odds. After all, she's a starting linebacker for the freshman football team at Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, TN. In late fall Macy's world was rocked when she was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma cancer. Macy Fowler starts as a linebacker for the Ravenwood Raptors freshman football team. [...]
California transplants Taylor and Brett Young, along with their daughter Presley, are intent on growing a family and music career in this “family-friendly” town. Growing up in Southern California, Brett Young imagined playing big-league baseball and winning a World Series ring. His lifelong dream advanced quickly when the tall, lanky, right-handed pitcher signed a baseball [...]
Besides a brisk, southerly wind, the weather on Sunday, February 9, 2020, seemed ideal for a bicycle ride. About ten cyclists departed Franklin, hoping to burn a few calories along Williamson County's gorgeous rural roads. Within an hour, the lives of friends and strangers would change. A cyclist and heart surgeon meet today. The original [...]
