Rendy Lovelady has spent decades managing artists and producing music events. His latest endeavor is the Gulf Coast Jam, held annually in Panama City Beach, Florida. This year's event featuring Luke Bryan, Brad Paisley, and the legendary Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd is rescheduled for March 25-26, 2021. RELATED: Darryl Worley Hasn't Forgotten His Roots, Part [...]
John Berry recorded 20 songs that hit the country music charts in the 1990s and early 2000s, including three that captured the top spot on Billboard and Radio & Records. I recorded a podcast episode with John earlier this fall to discuss his career, the trials he faced while battling cancer, and his new podcast, Faith, [...]
If an artist can weave a new and much-needed sound into country music, it might be Curt Chambers. The Philidelphia native developed his unique guitar and vocal sound growing up in the city's urban churches. RELATED: Grammy Winner Curt Chambers Has Many Styles In fact, Chambers wasn't permitted to listen to secular music until his teens. [...]
Deb Van Pelt, a certified wine sommelier at Belle Meade Winery in Nashville, TN, joined me for a wine tasting excursion in Leiper's Fork, TN. We tasted four wines paired with three dishes from 1892 Restaurant and one from Historic Puckett's restaurant and music venue. "Delicious" and "yum" are the first two words that come [...]
John Cowan is one of bluegrass, country, and rock's finest tenor vocalist. Fortunately for New Grass Revival, The Doobie Brothers, and many others, he's a damn fine bass guitarist too! 2020 Bluegrass Hall of Fame inductee, vocalist & bass player, John Cowan (Photo credit/Anthony Scarleti) Along with other New Grass members, he will [...]
