Tennessee

Arts & Culture
Richard Powers’s Wild Voice
The novelist’s Great Smoky Mountains immersion laid the groundwork for his epic Pulitzer-winning tree novel. It also sparked a love affair between man and place that is upending Powers’s life and work

Homeplace
Past Meets Present on a Tennessee Farm
The past merges handsomely with the future on a riverside escape

Travel
Five Ways to Elevate a Kentucky Bourbon Excursion
Go beyond the standard distillery tour with these immersive experiences

Homeplace
A Place in the Clouds at Blackberry Farm
High in the Smokies, a guest cottage offers Tennessee hospitality

Music
Rock, Roll, and Remember at the Memphis Listening Lab
A private-turned-public record collection now connects a city to its indelible music

Recipes
A Southern Martini with Scandinavian Spirit
The team at Chattanooga Whiskey’s crisp aquavit adds a malted twist to the classic

Conservation
Hatching the South’s Rarest Fish
Tennessee biologists race to save the tiny, endangered—and stunningly beautiful—residents of our waters

Good Dog
A Chattanoogan’s Delicate Dance with an Aging Cocker
A writer and her ailing spaniel share one more dance

15th Anniversary
Brittney Spencer’s New Nashville Sound
The on-fire singer-songwriter is pushing country music to the next verse

Music
Rising Country Star Hailey Whitters Brings It Home on Raised
A conversation with the Nashville singer-songwriter on family, farm country, and what she learned from her grandfather’s sod business

Food & Drink
A Timeless Nashville Landmark: The Loveless Cafe
The secrets behind the still-going-strong spot, plus a recipe for Steeplechase pie

Music
New Music from Old Crow Medicine Show
Watch the video for “Honey Chile,” from the Grammy-winning roots rockers forthcoming album, Paint This Town

Music
First Listen: New Music from the Infamous Stringdusters
Hear the band’s new album, Toward the Fray, before it drops on Friday

Food & Drink
The Quest for Sack Sausage
A trio of devotees hit the road in search of a legendary taste of the past that’s hanging by a thread

Music
Watch Now: Drew and Ellie Holcomb’s “Coming Home”
The Nashville couple shares the video for the title track of their new album and readies for their biggest tour to date

Music
Country Truth from the Kernal
With vivid storytelling, sly humor, and one loud suit, Joe Garner brings his own brand of irresistible country

Weekends
A New Chapter for Chattanooga
For the adventurous and the just plain hungry, the Scenic City’s revival continues to pay off

Recipe
Jungle Witch: Winter in the Tropics
A summery holiday is just a sip away

Southern Focus
William Eggleston’s Back-Roads Beauty
Uncovering newly published images of the American South from a renowned color photographer

Artists
The Brook & the Bluff’s Southern Harmonies
The Birmingham-bred quartet on their captivating new album, Yard Sale, and the canine friends they make on tour