Amid regular protests against historic buildings being torn down in and around Nashville, the news that Puckett’s in Leiper’s Fork, TN had changed hands and changed names recently might strike some as alarming. New owner Aubrey Preston needs you to know that Fox & Locke, the music venue and eatery in the former Puckett’s building, isn’t erasing history but restoring it.

This Friday is an especially rich date for live shows in Music City. Banditos are throwing an album release party outdoors at the Basement at 5 pm. Joshua Hedley and Dawn Landes are on the Musicians Corner bill at Centennial Park. Christina Vane celebrates her new CD at Dee’s. And I’m taking my kid to see Haim from the lawn at Ascend. But folks, none of that distracts from or overlaps with WMOT’s stacked lineup at lunch hour at Eastside Bowl. You can do it all.

Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell and Yola have emerged as game-changing artists in roots music in recent years, and on Monday afternoon they were informed that they’d each earned three nominations for 2022’s Americana Awards, in the prestige categories of Song, Album and Artist of the Year.

In an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, singer-songwriter Margo Price remembers the early days of motherhood and marriage, their chaos compounded by a late-living musical lifestyle.

Discover some of the best up and coming Nashville musicians.

Influenced by the likes of Tom Petty, Wilco, Bob Dylan, and The National, Beau Jennings and the Tigers released their latest album Heavy Light back in March. WMOT is proud to premiere the new music video for the title track.

Yesterday was a bad day for Grubhub. The food delivery service launched a free lunch promotion for people in New York City. And spoiler alert: it backfired.

The investigation targets online platforms including video-streaming site Twitch, messaging platform Discord and the anonymous message board 4chan.

The cases point to possible sexual transmission of this cousin of smallpox — a previously unknown method of spread for monkeypox.