Articles by Michael Mccall

23 articles since 1998

Back in the saddle

Entertainment | By Michael Mccall | November 19, 2005
KENNY CHESNEY sits in the sun on the back deck near the pool of his enormous country manor, a weathered red ballcap pulled tight over his forehead. Read more
 

Young is older and wiser

Entertainment | By Michael Mccall | August 20, 2005
Neil Young’s reputation tags him as restless and forward-looking. Read more
 

To tell her truth

Entertainment | By Michael Mccall | July 31, 2005
Mary GAUTHIER never thought she’d sign with a major label. Read more
 

John Prine in a ‘lower key’ of the high life

Entertainment | By Michael Mccall | May 7, 2005
Leave it to John Prine to find a silver lining amid life-changing adversity. Read more
 

Country beat drives him

News | By Michael Mccall | April 21, 2005
Alan Jackson realizes perceptions of him shifted after his 9/11 elegy, “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),” became a standard-bearer country hit. Read more
 

Hip-hop says howdy

Entertainment | By Michael Mccall | April 17, 2005
Troy COLEMAN has become accustomed to standing out in a crowd. Read more
 

How they came to be Big & Rich

Entertainment | By Michael Mccall | March 6, 2005
The Pub of Love, a funky downtown hole in the wall, sat only six blocks from Music Row before it closed two years ago. Read more
 

By the outlaw’s code

Entertainment | By Michael Mccall | February 28, 2005
Shooter Jennings’ parents always disagreed on how he got his nickname. Read more
 

Signs of a country revival

Entertainment | By Michael Mccall | February 29, 2004
Perhaps it’s fitting that a bottom-line town like Nashville has seen its fate mirror that of the U.S. stock market in recent years. Read more
 

Family and friends in black

Entertainment | By Michael Mccall | November 12, 2003
References to Johnny Cash’s monochrome nickname “The Man in Black” were plentiful during Monday’s star-filled musical tribute to the late American music legend here. Read more
 
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