Ryman Auditorium - Music City Music Magazine

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Closes Farewell Tour at The Mother Church

Nancy PoseyNov 9, 2024November 10, 20240

By the time most bands have been touring more than 50 years, their concerts are more like tributes shows with sometimes only one token original member. Not so for Nitty Gritty Dirty Band, who just closed out “All the Good Times: The Farewell Tour” with two shows at Nashville’s historic...

A Rookie’s Guide to AmericanaFest

Nancy PoseySep 14, 20240

The Americana Music Association will the 24th annual AmericanaFest from September 17–21, with seminars and panels for music professionals, as well as performances spread all across Nashville. While most Nashvillians are fully aware when the CMA Fest comes to town each summer, AmericanaFest may be one of Music City’s best...

ROBERT EARL KEEN @ THE RYMAN

Nancy PoseyJun 4, 20240

Robert Earl Keen certainly knows how to read his audiences and to consider his fan base. In advance of the digital relaunch of his Western Chill album, the REK band appeared at the Ryman Auditorium, which he called “the Taj Majal, Mount Rushmore, and Westminster Abbey of Country Music.” Oklahoman...

YOU GOT GOLD: PRINE CELEBRATION@RYMAN AUDITORIUM

Nancy PoseyOct 11, 2023October 11, 20230

If last year’s You Got Gold celebration of the life and music of John Prine felt like a night at the Grammys, this year’s show felt like a family reunion. Fiona Whelan Prine, sporting crutches this year, welcomed the crowd on what would have been the late singer-songwriter’s 77th birthday....

AMERICANA MUSIC AWARD: RYMAN AUDITORIUM

Nancy PoseySep 23, 2023September 25, 20230

For people with a bad case of FOMO, Nashville’s annual AmericanaFest is enough to push them over the edge. With an official start on Tuesday, the annual festival and conference of the Americana Music Association (AMA) draws attendees from around the world—from musicians, songwriters, and producers, and engineers to publicists,...

Smokey Robinson: Motown Comes to Music City

Nancy PoseyDec 17, 20220

When Smokey Robinson made his Ryman Auditorium debut on Friday night, December 16, some ticket holders may have wondered if he could still put on a show. They needn’t have worried. At 82 years old, Robinson still has the vocal chops and the stage presence to capture an audience. With...

NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND @ RYMAN AUDITORIUM

Nancy PoseySep 18, 2022September 23, 20220

Whether members of the audience at Nashville’s iconic Roman Auditorium came to hear Nitty Gritty Dirt Band play from their extensive lineup of hits or Bob Dylan tunes from their most recent album, Dirt Does Dylan, no one left the Mother Church disappointed on Friday night of Americana Music Festival....

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND: NASHVILLE’S RYMAN AUDITORIUM

Nancy PoseyFeb 25, 2022February 25, 20220

By the time the Tedeschi Trucks Band cranked up “Joyful Noise” Tuesday night at the first show of their Ryman residency, the audience knew that was a perfect description of the experience. Husband and wife Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks know how to fill a stage. With dual drummers Tyler...

BRANDI CARLILE CONFIRMS RYMAN AUDITORIUM LIVESTREAM CONCERT ON MARCH 28

Johnny GilesMar 3, 2021March 7, 20210

FULL-BAND PERFORMANCE TO SUPPORT CARLILE’S BAND AND CREW, THE RAINEY DAY FUND AND FANNY’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC NEW MEMOIR BROKEN HORSES SET FOR RELEASE ON APRIL 6 March 1, 2021—Five-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer Brandi Carlile will perform a special livestream concert from Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium Sunday, March 28 at 8:00pm ET/7:00pm CT. The show, which...

THE TOKENS SHOW: THANKSGIVING @ THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM

Nancy PoseyNov 13, 2019November 19, 20190

Lee Camp knows exactly when he had the idea that grew into the Tokens Show, now in its twelfth year. On New Years Eve 2006, he was at Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion show at the Ryman Auditorium with guests Old Crow Medicine Show, Emmylou Harris, Suzy Bogguss, and Cowboy...