Nashville - Category of Things to Do

As you head southeast from Nashville, large nineteenth-century plantation homes line US-31 between suburban Brentwood and the historic town of FRANKLIN , eighteen miles out. ... more

Of all Nashville's country music venues, the main ones to avoid are the ersatz clubs along the much-hyped and tacky downtown Printers Alley . The honky-tonks on Broadway, between Second and Fourth avenues, ... more

Nashville's radio station WSM ("We Shield Millions," the slogan of its insurance-company sponsor) first broadcast on October 5, 1925. Two years later, at the start of his Barn Dance show, compere George D. ... more

The change-resistant village, LYNCHBURG , seventy miles southeast of Nashville, is home to Jack Daniel's Distillery (daily 9am4.30pm; free). Founded in 1866, ... more

The status of Nashville as country music's capital city dates back to the Twenties and the arrival of thousands of migrants fleeing rural poverty. The music they brought with them, ... more