Certain country music so perfectly captures the dimly-lit lifestyle of a smoky dive bar that it shares its moniker with those establishments: honky-tonk. Both as a place and as a song, the honky-tonk ...

During World War Two, a new sound sprang up in the darkened taverns and barrooms around the oil fields of Texas and Oklahoma, spread to California and then the industrial cities of the North. The beer ...

A new "Nashville-inspired honky-tonk" is aiming to bring the atmosphere of Lower Broadway to the Nutmeg State. Nash in the Ville Honkytonk will combine the live music found in honky-tonks in Nashville ...

Today, people travel from all over the world to visit the famed honky-tonks on Nashville's Lower Broadway. Country twang and crooning vocals from their multiple stages flood the streets at any time of ...

On Aug. 6, East Nashville's famous Honky Tonk Tuesday Nights event celebrated its ninth birthday at Madison's Eastside Bowl. The 1970s-era retro-themed bar, bowling alley and music club features three ...

As the Live Music Capital of the World, Austin is home to a whole host of venues, musicians and music lovers who flood bars and dance halls each night of the week to seek community and reprieve. Among ...

Ami Williamson’s new album The Quilt is full of beautiful stories and melodies to lift spirits, you’ll want to hug your kids, call your girlfriends, spend time with those you love and maybe grab a box ...

I had never been to Nashville before, but it doesn’t take long before I see why this middle Tennessee city is considered the country music capital of the world. Downtown honky-tonks pump out live ...

As our sister blog Eating…Our Words does, from time to time Rocks Off will be giving your our picks for the top taverns in various Houston-area neighborhoods. Of course, the lines can be porous, but ...