With such No. 1 singles as “Fast Cars and Freedom,” “My Wish” and “Take Me There,” few acts have so fully embodied the sound of 21st-century country music quite like Rascal Flatts. Polished, powerful and undeniably pop, the CMA and ACM-award-winning trio

SHELBY — From the outside, the 105-year-old former Cleveland County Courthouse in downtown Shelby looks pretty much as it always has. But within its walls, a major makeover is going on. If things go well, by year's end, the local landmark will become the

While Kinda Kinks, the Kinks’ second album, is Ray Davies’ least favourite, and it shows clearly the signs of having been written and recorded in a hurry, with some sloppy double-tracking and less-than-stellar compositions, it is a clear step forward in

The tin cup was meant for catching quarters, though it too often held nickels. Blind street musician Cortelia Clark could hear the difference, even above the guitar he played and the blues he shouted and the shoppers conversations and the traffic sounds

The tin cup was meant for catching quarters, though it too often held nickels. Blind street musician Cortelia Clark could hear the difference, even above the guitar he played and the blues he shouted and the shoppers conversations and the traffic sounds

Tennessee owns a $3.2 million one-of-a-kind carousel built in 1998 by world-famous artist Red Grooms that, sadly, is packed up and sitting uselessly in storage. Hey, wait a minute. Gaylord Entertainment, owner of the defunct Opryland theme park, just ann