Jelly Roll has gotten one step closer to receiving a full pardon for his previous convictions. The Tennessee Board of Parole officially recommended the 40-year-old musician receive a full pardon following a 45-minute hearing which included statements from a number of witnesses, including Nashville Sheriff Daron Hall, who runs Nashville’s jail. The hearing ended with a vote, in which the board reached a unanimous agreement to recommend the musician be pardoned, with only one board member recusing themselves from voting. "This was incredible," Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason...

Ed Sheeran staged another surprise performance at a Nashville institution on Tuesday, this time bringing along Noah Kahan. A month after Sheeran serenaded bachelorette parties at Tootsie’s, the singer performed “dueling songs” with Kahan at Nashville’s Santa’s Pub, which was reportedly one of Sheeran’s go-to haunts during his time living in the city over a decade ago. Sheeran shared a brief clip of the Santa’s Pub performance on social media, with Kahan leading Sheeran and the crowd on a sing-along of his hit “Stick Season”: According to the Tennessean, the...

Tennessee lawmakers are headed back to their home districts after adjourning a session defined by education issues and legislative priorities closely aligned with the new Trump administration, which Democrats sharply criticized as harmful and short-sighted in addressing problems faced by everyday Tennesseans. Lawmakers closed down the first session of the 114th Tennessee General Assembly on April 22 just hours after a federal political corruption trial of former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada and his one-time top aide began.

A Tennessee driver was allegedly reading a prescription when he struck a stationary patrol car on the side of the road Monday, April 21. The incident occurred while a patrol officer was helping another officer during a traffic stop on Interstate 40 West. According to the Mt. Juliet police, both police vehicles were “positioned well off the roadway on the right shoulder with all emergency warning lights activated,” the department wrote on X . Police said the motorist, who authorities have not named, entered the highway from an onramp and...

Nicole Kidman spent her Easter surrounded by her family. On Sunday, April 20, the Babygirl actress' niece Lucia shared photos via Instagram offering an inside glimpse of their intimate family Easter celebration in Nashville, Tenn. Kidman was joined by daughters Faith Margaret , 14, and Sunday Rose , 16, whom she shares with husband Keith Urban , as well as her sister Antonia and other close family members. Kidman wore a blue floral dress, while Sunday opted for a dark purple knee-length dress and Faith wore a pink floral flowy...

Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives performs at Fender Guitar Showroom in Nashville Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives perform at Fender Guitar Showroom in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, April 18, 2025. Nicole Hester / The Tennessean Marty Stuart of Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives perform at Fender Guitar Showroom in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, April 18, 2025. Nicole Hester / The Tennessean Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives perform at Fender Guitar Showroom in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, April 18, 2025.

Cake slices their genre-bending alternative rock at Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville Cake's John McCrea, left, and Ian McCurdy perform at Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, April 19, 2025. Denny Simmons / The Tennessean A machine sends bubbles into the crowd as Cake performs at Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, April 19, 2025. Denny Simmons / The Tennessean Bryson Barnes, 11 months, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., grooves as Cake performs at Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, April 19, 2025.

• Larysa Jaye's first posthumous single, "No Other Face (Like Mine)," was released on April 18. • Jaye, a soul-country singer-songwriter, died in a car accident in Nashville in December 2024. • Her brother started a record label to release her music, starting with this single. The first official posthumous musical release from Nashville singer-songwriter Larysa Jaye has arrived. "No Other Face (Like Mine)," a brazen country single about standing tall in the face of otherness, released on April 18. Jaye, an acoustic country-soul singer, died in a car accident...