Nashville Lifestyles Magazine January 2023

What are you going to do differently this year? I never liked the word resolution; I prefer the word “goal.” My biggest goal is to take better care of myself. I was in really good shape during the pandemic because I had nothing better to do than workout. But I don’t just mean working out and dieting (which I refuse to do because life is short; I say eat the damn cake). I mean taking care of myself by making better choices. Saying “no” when I want to and saying “I can’t” when I need to. I am hardwired to say yes to everything, but I’ve realized in the last few months what a toll it was taking on my body. I got strep, then I got the flu, and…

Our January Music in the City issue is a favorite of mine. Each year, we have the chance to introduce you to new talent that you’re sure to fall in love with and bring you closer to acts that you may already know. Our cover star, Elle King, has been on my playlist since her catchy as hell debut “Ex’s and Oh’s” hit the charts in 2015. I’ve loved watching her find her voice in the country world with features on songs by Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert, and I am thrilled for her new album, Come Get Your Wife, to drop this month. As you’ll see from our interview, she is every bit as strong, sassy, and soulful in print as she is in song. This interview is such…

10-15 LES MISÉRABLES Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical, Les Misérables, returns to TPAC for an unforgettable theatrical experience. Set against the backdrop of 19th century France, the production tells a story of broken dreams, unrequited love, passion, sacrifice, and redemption that has captured the hearts of audiences across the globe as one of the world’s most celebrated musicals. (TPAC’s Andrew Jackson Hall; times vary; tpac.org) 7-8 MONSTER JAM Start your engines because the most epic experience in motorsports is coming to Nashville for an action-packed weekend that will have the whole family cheering. Monster Jam fans will witness high-flying stunts and exhilarating head-to-head battles as 12,000-pound monster trucks soar through the sky in freestyle, skill, and racing competitions. And for an up-close look at the…

HARDY THE MOCKINGBIRD & THE CROW Reigning ACM Songwriter of the Year Hardy makes a bold pledge for the rest of his country career on The Mockingbird & The Crow where he reclaims and re-hardens the term “country rock.” And to amp it up a notch, about halfway through, his alter ego takes over for some heavy hitting Mississippi metal. (Available Jan. 20.) ALICIA BLUE INNER CHILD WORK PART 2 (EP) Alicia Blue captures the freeing euphoria of therapy on Inner Child Work Part 2, thinking big to finish her Nashville debut (Inner Child Work Part 1). Through insightful indie folk and a delicate pop sparkle, Blue examines coming of age in a faraway city, with a little help from The Civil Wars’ John Paul White. (Available Jan. 20.) THE GIBSON BROTHERS DARKEST HOUR Adding another…

Any way you look at it, Margo Price has come a long way. Her journey ranges from soul-shouting shows with her old band Buffalo Clover at East Nashville’s Five Spot, to critically-adored country albums, a 2018 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist and collaborations with legends like Loretta Lynn, Mavis Staples and Willie Nelson. She and her family even spent Thanksgiving with the Nelson family this year, enjoying a home-cooked feast at their Maui estate. “It’s definitely a very surreal sentence to even come out of my mouth,” Price says in disbelief, now back in Nashville and rushing off to a last-minute rehearsal. Along her climb, she’s been hailed as a bold example of female empowerment, and a stalwart of country badassery. She released a memoir titled Maybe We’ll Make It in October…

The Cecil Scaife Visionary Award, founded in the in name of music industry pioneer and veteran Cecil Scaife, is given annually to an individual whose life and work have made it possible for future generations to realize careers in the music industry. In the 1970s, it was Cecil Scaife’s vision to create a music business program for musicians, artists, songwriters, and future music business executives to formally learn the industry he loved so dearly. That vision grew to become the world-renowned Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. Each year, the award is presented at a must-attend event, the proceeds from which benefit the Cecil Scaife Music Business Scholarship Endowment for students in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont University. We chatted with this…