Stacy Chandler

You could fill hours of airtime with a retelling of Dolly Parton’s life story. Maybe you’d start with her childhood in the Smoky Mountains, where she was one of 12 children in a family that struggled to make ends meet. Then you’d move into her career-building years

Tift Merritt and Andrew Bird met as fellow singer-songwriters early in their careers in New York City. Through the years, they’ve played together as busy schedules and lives have allowed, including a breathtaking appearance on an audience-less The Late Show with David Letterman amid Hurricane Sandy, when they played

So much of the magic Buddy and Julie Miller make emanates from their charming Nashville home. Their latest album, Breakdown on 20th Ave. South, was recorded in their bedroom there, and Buddy’s downstairs studio (which you can tour here with Aaron Lee Tasjan!) has recorded many albums we know

While Buddy and Julie Miller recorded their new album, Breakdown on 20th Ave. South, in their bedroom, the studio in the downstairs of their Nashville home has been the site of countless fantastic recordings, including some from Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris, The War and Treaty, and Solomon Burke. Recently, Buddy

Between his own shows, recording sessions, and collaborations with countless other people, Jim Lauderdale is a busy guy. But every day he makes time to step away from it all — preferably outside, but anywhere quiet will do — to turn his focus inward through his practice of tai chi. Often summed

Leon Redbone, who died Thursday at an age he always declined to specify, wasn’t a hitmaker, but he did make quite an impression. His head and heart were firmly in yesteryear, and he wove songs with roots in the first half of the 20th century, tinged with blues, jazz,