Music

In the early ’90s, Paul Niehaus had an encounter that tuned him in and turned him on to a different realm. Rather than a Matrix-shattering … more

Over the past four years, no producer in Music City has been hotter than Jay Joyce. He has twice topped the Billboard 200 with albums … more

The Family Wash has been many things over the last 10 years or so: a bar, a clubhouse for wayward musicians, a magnet for overzealous … more

The Dead Set, Jim Hoke, Christy Rose and Fats Kaplan, Jason White, Byron House, The Jack Silverman Ordeal. These are some of the bands and … more

You typically don’t hear the lead guitar player in a young rock band name-checking ’60s soul records as major influences, but then Sam Williams of … more

Audley Freed doesn’t have an easy answer or a pithy quote when asked to sum up the philosophy behind his art. He tries to answer … more

Ever heard of a “relic’d” guitar? It’s a guitar that has been taken to with a belt sander, maybe a lit cigarette and some gravel, … more

John Mark Painter lives in a tasteful bungalow near the Five Points community in East Nashville. He’s near multiple coffee shops, an artisan butcher, watering … more

Of all the notable guitar slingers in Guitar Town, Tim Carroll is a rarity: He got his professional start as a punk rocker. While still … more