Guest Blog: James Storm

Beer drinking, butt-kicking TNA IMPACT wrestling superstar “Cowboy” James Storm will head to Nashville this weekend for Lockdown, where he has his heart set on winning the heavyweight championship. Storm, who likes his music twangy and true, shared with us his top five favorite country songs.

Check them out here.

Justin Townes Earle at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club

Justin Townes Earle, one of our favorite American songwriters, brought his latest tour to Mobile, Alabama.

Check out the photos by Michael Dumas. 

Larkin Poe And Andrew Combs Live At Callaghan’s

Calhoun, Georgia sister act Larkin Poe and Nashville singer-songwriter Andrew Combs performed at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club in Mobile, Alabama on 1/16/2012. Check out the photos here.

Hangout Festival Friday: Brandi Carlile, Grace Potter, My Morning Jacket

“I don’t know many festivals where you can come out and play a ballad in the middle of the day and have it feel that good,” Brandi Carlile said during her set Friday at the Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Carlile played the first time slot , delivering a wide-ranging set that even featured a cover of “Forever Young.” Not the Bob Dylan song, mind you, but the one from ‘80s German synthpop group “Alphaville.” Carlile, who is approaching 30, said the song had been on her mind of late.

“Forever Young” set the tone for the day, to be sure, as more than 35,000 packed the beaches of Gulf Shores, drank tall boys, shed some clothing, and took in an array of impressive acts that ranged from bluegrass to rock to electronic fusion. The oil spill that encroached upon the shores during last year’s festival seemed but a distant memory.

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