Trevor Finlay grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, and began playing guitar as a child. For the last 30 years, Trevor has made his living as a professional musician, writing such songs as "Send My Mail To Nashville" and Get Into It, the title of his latest album. Until the COVID pandemic temporarily put the brakes [...]
Alison Prestwood grew up in Alabama with music in her soul. The multi-instrumentalist and Nashville session bass player has played and recorded with many of Country and Americana's most successful and influential artists. I caught up with Alison and recorded this Southern Americana podcast episode on the stage of the original Puckett's in Leiper's Fork, [...]
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. [...]
