6 News anchors Bo Williams and Lori Tucker sit down with Lenoir City Mayor Tony Aikens to talk about his community.

More than a decade after the condescending comment (from a male executive who shall remain nameless) about female artists ...

What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury ‘s 2026 Music Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these ...

Alive at Five began during Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III's leadership in an effort to draw people downtown. The first performer ...

Keep an eye out for some history to be made on Sunday. With the 61st annual ACM Awards airing live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, the buzz surrounding the show keeps growing ...

Former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star and singer-songwriter Kandi Burruss mined her divorce from Todd Tucker to create the one-woman show "I Do. I Did. I'm Done." ...

Tucker Wetmore won his first-ever ACM Award, named 2026 New Male Artist of the Year, during a sold-out London show where his mom presented the trophy after a surprise video from Thomas Rhett.

The Grand Ole Opry is celebrating its 100th year with a massive 'Summer of the Century' lineup featuring Carrie Underwood, ...

Hank Williams Jr. once had a hot take about what constitutes real country music, and the people he excludes might surprise ...

He wrote great country songs and lived the mythology. He also made records that many listeners still find indefensible. Any ...

Season two of ‘Criminal Record’ turns the crime procedural inside out, asking not what happened but who gets to decide what ...

Country singer Ella Langley, the Swedish dance-music star Robyn, and singer-songwriter Allison Russell each have a take on sorrow and discontent that yields vivid, even inspiring music.