KISS go bigger, louder with ‘Sonic Boom’ and Alive 35 tour
CLICK THIS IMAGE to see a photo slide show of KISS through the years. The members of KISS have been donning their trademark black-and-white make-up since the 1970s, traveling the world singing catchy...
View ArticleConcert review: KISS makes Music City ‘Rock City’
Click to see a photo slide show from KISS' Sommet Center stop (this photo of Gene Simmons: Heather Byrd/The Tennessean). Even with Halloween just a few days away, there was no question why the freaky...
View ArticleMusic City Minute – Nov. 4, 2009
In this installment of Music City Minute, Heather Byrd breaks down all the best Halloween throwdowns, and recaps a few of the most talked-about recent shows, KISS, Lenny Kravitz and Paramore included....
View ArticleNashville’s best concerts of 2009
Heather Byrd had a front-row seat for Music City's top concerts of 2009. Click here to see her favorite images (this photo: Hayley Williams of Paramore/Heather Byrd/The Tennessean). Share on Facebook
View ArticleMusic birthdays: Jan. 17-23
Want to know which locally connected musicians to get birthday presents for the week of January 17–23? To name a few: rap-rock superstar Kid Rock; singer-songwriter Steve Earle; country music legend...
View ArticleStryper pays tribute to hard rock influences on new album “The Covering”
Long-running Christian act Stryper is back with a new album, The Covering, and this time it's paying homage to the artists that shaped the band, with 12 hard rock covers of everyone from Judas Priest...
View ArticleTennessean Music Podcast: The Joy of Painting
Garreth Spinn of The Joy of Painting Meet Garreth Spinn, lead singer of the power pop, garage rock band the Joy of Painting. Their new record "Tender Age" is a hooky ode to youth and growing up. (Have...
View ArticleNext in Rock’s hall of fame: Nirvana, Kiss, Gabriel, Hall and Oates,...
American musician Linda Ronstadt will be inducted into the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 10 at the Barclays Center in New York. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File) By Mesfin Fekadu...
View ArticleKISS, Def Leppard to play Nashville on co-headlining tour
KISS Def Leppard (photo: Andrew MacPherson) Rock giants KISS and Def Leppard have joined forces for a co-headlining arena tour, which will hit Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on July 16. Tickets for the...
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