John CarpenterFeb 54 minThe Milk Carton Kids Were Made for the Ryman AuditoriumYou know you’re going to hear beautiful music at a Milk Carton Kids show. But there is trepidation when they are the headliner. A small...
John CarpenterJan 275 minOld Friends and Rising Stars at Florida's 30A Songwriter's FestI generally think of music festivals as minimally clad young people writhing in blazing heat taking duck-lip selfies amid a greater...
John CarpenterJan 22 minFoot Stomping Ryman New Year's Eve with Old Crow Medicine ShowAlways good to start the year with a 2,300-person sing-along. (And I’m not talking about “Auld Lang Syne,” a song I never really...
John CarpenterNov 29, 20235 minLiz Phair, 'Guyville,' and Happy, Hazy Memories of Early '90s ChicagoThe shifting ground between youth and adulthood in my post-college years was an awesome time, at least as far as I can remember. It was a...