Busy mom Reese Witherspoon knows how to work hard and reward herself. The Wild star jump-started her weekend yesterday by hitting the gym and following up the occasion with a much-deserved ...

Let’s not beat around the bush. Freakin’ Weekend VIII — the last hurrah for local blog and label Nashville’s Dead’s annual pre-SXSW celebration of parochial punk gone national — was pretty weird. And ...

Very few musical gatherings during the crowded summer festival season have been going on as long as CMA Music Fest, which launched under the name Fan Fair in 1972 and now descends upon Nashville just ...

For the past six years, the collective known as Nashville’s Dead has thrown the pre-SXSW party of the year with their annual Freakin’ Weekend event. The festival boasts some of the biggest names in ...

The future of Freakin’ Weekend appeared uncertain, but as festival co-organizers Dillon Watson and Ryan Donoho point out, the lineup was already largely booked and scheduled. Todd had taken care of ...