We asked seasoned AmericanaFest attendee Cary Baker for a handful of performances he was looking forward to during the packed conference and performance schedule.

Baker admits his list includes primarily established artists – “I’m not really the go-to for rookie talent, although I am hoping to serendipitously trip upon one or two good ones once I get there,” he says – but it’s as a good a place as any to start making one’s flight plan for the week.

2. Ghianni keeps music legends alive in latest book - Friday, May 19, 2023

When Tim Ghianni arrived in Nashville 50 years ago, he immediately fell in love with his new home. The city’s vibe. The music and the people who brought it to life. Especially the latter. They were all new areas to be explored, to become immersed in and followed as he launched a 34-year daily newspaper career that continues today as a freelance journalist, blogger and author.

3. Outlaw country artist Billy Joe Shaver dead at 81 - Friday, October 23, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — Outlaw country singer songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, who wrote songs like "Honky Tonk Heroes," "I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train" and "Old Five and Dimers Like Me," has died He was 81.

4. New generation revives Music Row’s Bobby’s Idle Hour - Friday, February 21, 2020

Long, brown hair framing her face, the young woman’s smile and green eyes shine as she stands by the stage at Bobby’s Idle Hour.

I ask Carolyn Lethgo to look a few weeks into the future as we try to stay out of the way of the workmen who are lovingly attempting to transport the spirit of the legendary bar – murdered by progress and closed more than a year ago – into this uncommon one-story building that increasingly is being dwarfed by the towering glass and steel of the new Music Row. Or “Condo Row” as a disenchanted “Outlaw” musician pal dubbed it before he died.

5. King of the Road was like Nashville’s own Vegas, complete with Miller’s ‘Rat Pack’ - Friday, May 3, 2019

Standing on the open terrace outside the location of Roger Miller’s private suite next to The Roof, the Vegas-styled club atop his King of the Road Motor Inn, I look back in time and, dang me, I both wonder where it all went and celebrate that I can remember.

6. Top Midstate residential transactions for second quarter 2017 - Friday, July 28, 2017

Top residential real estate sales, second quarter 2017, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

7. Events - Friday, July 14, 2017

Chamber of Commerce Joint Mixer. Join Williamson Chamber, Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce and Maury Alliance at Homestead Manor, 4683 Columbia Pike, Thompson’s Station, for a networking opportunity. Thursday, 5-7 p.m. Food and drinks. Fee: Free. Information: http://cmdev.williamsonchamber.com

8. Top Middle Tennessee commercial transactions for July 2016 - Friday, August 26, 2016

Top commercial real estate sales, July 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

9. Exit/In: Nashville’s rock temple still standing - Friday, July 22, 2016

Warner Hodges, among the world’s best rock guitarists and a guy who helped give Jason & The Scorchers their ear-searing cow-punk sound, gets excited when Exit/In and its glorious history gets introduced into a leisurely, summer afternoon conversation.

10. Idle Hour abides as Music Row 'progress' marches on - Friday, October 16, 2015

Mark Twain holds out cash as sprightly bar mistress Gena Brown (aka “Miss Flat Rock”) puts another longneck into his beer cozy.

“This is the third beer I’ve had in about five years,” Twain says. It’s also the third one he’s had on this bright afternoon when he huddles among songwriters, dreamers, schemers and a semi-reformed drifter in the dimly welcoming confines of Bobby’s Idle Hour.

11. Top Midstate commercial real estate transactions for Sept. 2013 - Friday, October 25, 2013

Top September 2013 commercial real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

12. Couple opens home to Nashville singers - Friday, August 23, 2013

Music and dog enthusiast Van DeLisle, who hosts many Nashville artists in his “performers’ apartment” downstairs from the flat he shares with his wife, got the house concert bug thanks to Edie Carey and a room filled with lesbians.

13. Top Midstate commercial real estate transactions for May 2013 - Friday, June 21, 2013

Top May 2013 commercial real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

Chandler Reports has been publishing Real Estate Market Data since 1968. That year, Chandler began collecting residential sales information for the Chandler Residential Report, considered the authoritative source for residential real estate sales information. Over the next three decades, the publications have been continually refined, enhanced and expanded, growing to include lot sales data, new residential construction and absorption information, and commercial sales. In 1987, Chandler Reports began one of the first on–line real estate market data services in the country, and is a nationally recognized leader in the industry. In 2004, Chandler Reports was purchased by The Daily News Publishing Co. In 2007, Chandler introduced RegionPlus, including property research for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Visit online at chandlerreports.com.

14. Bare finds right label for dream folk album - Friday, February 8, 2013

Bobby Bare has a simple explanation for why it took him 25 years to put out his dream album of folk songs.

“There’s no demand for an old fart doing an album,” the affable 77-year-old shrugs.

15. Top residential sales for July, 2012 - Friday, August 10, 2012

July 2012 real estate trends for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford and Wilson counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

Chandler Reports has been publishing Real Estate Market Data since 1968. That year, Chandler began collecting residential sales information for the Chandler Residential Report, considered the authoritative source for residential real estate sales information. Over the next three decades, the publications have been continually refined, enhanced and expanded, growing to include lot sales data, new residential construction and absorption information, and commercial sales. In 1987, Chandler Reports began one of the first on–line real estate market data services in the country, and is a nationally recognized leader in the industry. In 2004, Chandler Reports was purchased by The Daily News Publishing Co. In 2007, Chandler introduced RegionPlus, including property research for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Visit online at chandlerreports.com.

16. State museum site of TV taping Friday night - Friday, January 20, 2012

NASHVILLE (AP) — A music show for broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service stations nationwide will be taped Friday night at the Tennessee State Museum.

"Jammin' at Hippie Jack's Live at the Tennessee State Museum!" will feature Billy Joe Shaver and Elizabeth Cook, both performers and songwriters.