Music

A local Knoxville storyteller traces home, loss, and loyalty through song. By Nathan Sparks | Photograph By Ryan Read | Album Art by Terry Adams Appeared in Cityview Magazine, Vol. 42, Issue 1 (Jan/Feb 2026) F or years, Terry…
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A razor-smart songwriter shaped by Knoxville, history, and hard-earned survival returns home with new music—and a lifetime of stories that still cut straight to the bone.
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From The Publisher 2026 Issue 1 By Nathan Sparks After publishing our recent issue with Heath Shuler on the cover, I found myself back in Loudon County at a place affectionately known as “the farm.” It’s the training facility run by…
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The first Friday of every month holds an Art Walk around the downtown Knox area. There you will find an abundance of establishments hosting artists' work as well as studios opening for conversation among art lovers and artists alike. …
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Shannon Herron, Dogwood Arts’ marketing and creative director, has put together a lot of music events, but he says his favorite festival memory came from last year’s Southern Skies Music Festival. “Our headliner had to cancel last…
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Music for everyone - that is the heart of Knoxville’s Joy of Music school. Its mission is “to provide quality music education for financially disadvantaged, at-risk youth”, a goal it has passionately pursued for more than 20 years. Sitting…
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James Taylor and His All Star Band will make their way to Knoxville this summer. The long-time favorite singer-songwriter will be on stage at the Thompson Boring Arena on June 22 at 8 p.m. and tickets are going fast. Knoxville is one of…
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A Dirty Guv’nahs-curated music festival makes its way to World’s Fair Park Ten years ago, the Dirty Guv’nahs had a dream to put on a local music festival. Now their dream has come to life. Southern Skies Music Festival will debut in…
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Build it… and they will come. Sure, that might apply to a baseball diamond in a cornfield, but it also fits Big Ears, Knoxville’s world-class music festival that launched in 2009, the vision of AC Entertainment’s Ashley Capps. Fourteen…
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Walker Hayes makes his way to the Marble City this spring We all remember the first time we heard “Fancy Like” on the radio. That classic guitar riff opens up to a song you can’t help but sway to. And now you’ll get to sway to it…
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