BR549 GOT ITS start 11 years ago in the then-seedy neighborhood around Ryman Auditorium. Since then, however, the area has transformed itself into the Nashville equivalent of Georgetown, a change ...

Onetime BR-549 frontman Chuck Mead was scheduled to play Kirk Avenue Music Hall tonight with his band, The Grassy Knoll Boys, as part of Down by Downtown. But no one was buying tickets, so the show ...

Fans of Mead’s earlier band, BR549, an alt-country quintet that was nominated for three Grammys, can prepare to indulge in some of their favorite songs and covers. The Grassy Knoll Boys will be ...

If BR549 were like most country bands, it would have busted up a long time ago. It would have splintered under the pressure of touring schedules that kept the roots-savvy ensemble on the road for as ...

Here’s a bill featuring four masters of country-rock synthesis, which may or may not be serious. Kansas native and longtime Nashvillian Chuck Mead is a pop-roots artist in the line of Nick Lowe — his ...

If BR549 were like most country bands, it would have busted up a long time ago. It would have splintered under the pressure of touring schedules that kept the roots-savvy ensemble on the road for as ...

With the well-deserved buzz around talented artists such as Margo Price and Sturgill Simpson, who have risen to prominence on their own terms by ignoring the milquetoast and sometimes head-scratching ...