Cover Stories – Page 2 – The East Nashvillian

Bewitched

May 10, 2017 Andrew Leahey

All Them Witches’ powerful, musical sorcery has won them legions of fans at home and abroad … more

Wisdom & Poetry

March 9, 2017 Holly Gleason

Rodney Crowell has stopped the interview. Midsentence. The normally thoughtful Texan has been discussing Close Ties, his 18th album, and when he emphatically picks up, … more

The ‘Garage Country’ World of Aubrie Sellers

November 11, 2016 Tommy Womack

“If you’re not pushing buttons, you’re just making something pleasant; it’s probably been done before, and it’s not making people feel anything.” So says … more

Robyn Hitchcock

September 12, 2016 Tommy Womack

"I’m sort of surprised there aren’t more of me around,” Robyn Hitchcock muses, stirring an iced coffee at Bongo East on a blistering Nashville afternoon, … more

Hard Working Americans

July 11, 2016 Holly Gleason

"I’ve never really taken care of my voice,” Todd Snider offers, half charcoal rasp, half turpentine and sand paper vigor, into the microphone at Audio … more

Venus in Exile

May 10, 2016 Holly Gleason

My assistant called me,” the haute hillbilly diva/songwriter says. “She said, ‘What is going on? I heard two women in line at the Belcourt talking … more

Unbound & Unabashed

March 8, 2016 Holly Gleason

The scruffy kid at the bar, hunched over a plate of eggs, is easy to miss. A funky hat, an oversized coat, a limp T-shirt, … more

Keep A-Movin’

January 8, 2016 Randy Fox

In 2007, Dorothy Gilmore-Seavers came to a crossroads in her life. She was 47 years old, the mother of two children, and successful in her … more

Beyond Faith

November 11, 2015 Holly Gleason

It’s 7:30 on another Monday morning. But with the Americana Music Association Awards three days away, most practitioners of the grayest genre in the … more

Sarah Potenza

May 8, 2015 Holly Gleason

Back fat. Sarah Potenza talks about back fat. A lot. It keeps coming up when the 35-year old soul/roots vocalist speaks in that voice … more