Jerry Holthouse

Music editor for Nashville.com. Jerry Holthouse is a content writer, songwriter and a graphic designer. He owns and runs Holthouse Creative, a full service creative agency. He is an avid outdoorsman and a lover of everything music. You can contact him at JerryHolthouse@Nashville.com

Don McLean And Adam Wainwright Make Their Opry Debuts

Don McLean And Adam Wainwright Make Their Opry Debuts

The Grand Ole Opry welcomed Grammy award honoree, Songwriters Hall of Fame member, and BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Don McLean as well as veteran Major League Baseball, three-time All-Star and emerging country singer Adam Wainwright for their Opry debuts on Saturday night. Wainwright’s debut featured his latest single “Hey …

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Nashville Centered Movie “The Neon Highway” Out On March 15

Nashville Centered Movie "The Neon Highway" Out On March 15

Beau Bridges and Rob Mayes deliver a wonderful performance in the new Nashville centered movie “Neon Highway.” The movie is about an aspiring singer/songwriter Wayne Collins (Mayes), who was a heartbeat away from making it in Nashville when a car accident derailed his ambitions. Now working a 9-5 job and …

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Big Mouth Bluegrass Festival Set For August 17 and 18

Big Mouth Bluegrass Festival Set For August 17 and 18

Mark your calendars for August 17th and 18th as the Big Mouth Bluegrass Festival returns to The Caverns. Just a short road trip from Nashville, set within the venue’s world-famous underground concert hall, this unique festival showcases a lineup of award-winning bluegrass artists. Building on the success of its inaugural …

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BONNAROO SPOTLIGHT: Charles Wesley Godwin

BONNAROO SPOTLIGHT: Charles Wesley Godwin

Today starts the beginning of Nashville.com’s “Bonnaroo Spotlight” series. From now until we get to the Farm we will be spotlighting various artists making 2024 performances. Our first artist is Charles Wesley Godwin. A native of West Virginia, Godwin makes cinematic country-folk that’s as gorgeous and ruggedly raw as his …

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LISTEN: Sheryl Crow’s “Digging In The Dirt”

Sheryl Crow

Today, Nasvillian and Nine-time GRAMMY® AWARD winner Sheryl Crow releases “Digging In The Dirt,” the latest single from her upcoming 11th full-length studio album, Evolution, out on March 29, 2024. The song, a cover of the iconic Peter Gabriel song featuring his vocals, is available to stream now but will …

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Shelby Lynne Signs With Monument Records

Shelby Lynne Signs With Monument Records

Singer, songwriter and musician Shelby Lynne has signed with Monument Records and joined forces with GRAMMY Award-winning artist and Karen Fairchild (Little Big Town) for the next phase of her renowned career. Led by co-presidents Shane McAnally and Jason Owens and GM Katie McCartney, Monument will reissue Lynne’s landmark album, …

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CMA Triple Play Award Winners Announced

CMA Triple Play Award Winners Announced

The Country Music Association today announced recipients of the 14th CMA Triple Play Awards, which honor the songwriters behind some of the format’s most notable No. 1 hits. In addition to this year’s seven CMA Triple Play Award recipients Ashley Gorley (three-time recipient this year), Charlie Handsome, Jelly Roll, Chase …

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LISTEN: Timmy McKeever’s “Love Songs”

Rising star and Droptine Records artist, Timmy McKeever just released his new single “Love Songs,” out everywhere now. “The success of this song has been super special. As a songwriter, you craft a song for people to relate too and this song has done just that,” tells Timmy. “The release …

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Nate Smith Celebrates Two Big Number One Songs

Nate Smith Celebrates Two Big Number One Songs

It was a doubly memorable evening Monday night for Sony Music Nashville artist Nate Smith as ASCAP, along with BMI, hosted industry peers, friends, and family to celebrate his #1 multi-week hit, “Whiskey On You” and his 10 consecutive week #1 hit, “World On Fire” at Cross-Eyed Critters Watering Hole …

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Eric Church Fans Own His Nashville Bar, Chief’s

Eric Church Fans Own His Nashville Bar, Chief’s

Eric Church has always done things differently and the anticipated opening of his downtown Nashville bar, restaurant and live music venue, Chief’s, is no exception. Its roll-out reminiscent of his 2015 Mr. Misunderstood surprise album release that prompted fans to run to mailboxes for the first word (and listen) of …

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