Talk about aging gracefully… look at Jeff Cook! He looks better now than he did when I met him in Bristol, Tenn. more than 20 years ago. That was after a concert at Viking Hall. And of course, that was when he was part of the legendary country group Alabama. Jeff is on his own, [...]

Rodney Adkins and Julianne Hough are now scheduled to join the Friday night concert lineup for the fourth annual Sprint Sound & Speed Celebration in Downtown Nashville. The event will be held Jan. 9-10, with Montgomery Gentry headline the concert. The event is a celebration of music and motorsports. The two-day celebration brings together stars [...]

We all know that country music has singers, and country music has entertainers. Tonight at the Appalachian Fair in Gray, Tenn., I saw one performer wear both of those hats. Jake Owen does more than sing, he entertains. And he loves what he does. I got to the fair grounds around 3 p.m. I heard [...]