Christmas is a magical time of year. If you're up for a fun weekend road trip, you'll find many fun holiday events throughout the Southeastern U.S. Before you get wrapped up in the craziness of holiday shopping, here are 5 Southern places to visit this holiday season. Franklin, Tennessee - 38th Annual Dickens of a [...]
Taki Brown writes and delivers original rhymed and narrative poetry. After meeting at SOWAL House Creative Studio in 2022, I sat down with Taki to discuss our Tennessee background and his creative work. RELATED: Best 30A Restaurants In 2023 https://traffic.libsyn.com/southernamericana/Taki_Brown.mp3 Taki is a trailblazing poet who has a gift for both Rhymed and Narrative [...]
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 [...]
Layla Tucker's musical roots run deep. The daughter of one of Country Music's leading ladies, Tanya Tucker, and songwriter Jerry Laseter, this 20-year old firebrand, is creating her own musical path. Layla Tucker, the daughter of Tanya Tucker, is making her own way in Country and Americana Music You might think Layla would [...]
Bruce Bouton is one of Nashville's top session and touring pedal steel guitarist. He has played on all of Garth Brooks's studio albums and with many of Country Music's elite artists. RELATED: Welcome to the Southern Americana Podcast After moving to Nashville from his home state of Virginia in 1978, Bruce joined Dottie West's band [...]
