Eric D. Johnson has a very practical reason why he started recording his music in 1997 under the name Fruit Bats and has (mostly) kept it ever since. "I have an extremely ordinary name, for one thing.

These covers deserve way more credit than they get! Join us as we count down our picks for the most underrated cover songs ...

The genre extolls the virtue of staying close to your home town. “Five O’Clock Somewhere” was part of a wave of hits that ...

OFC Creations founder Eric Vaughn Johnson discusses the 2026-2027 Broadway in Brighton Series, a season of six musicals ...

Trying to pin down exactly what kind of band Fruit Bats is can be a little tricky — and that’s part of the appeal.

Eric Church built his career by doing things his own way. After moving to Nashville from North Carolina, he signed a record deal and released his debut album, Sinners Like Me, in 2006. That debut ...

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks to Eric Johnson of the band Fruit Bats about their album "The Landfill," and how those man-made mountains may change your perspective.

Should have checked his text messages. At this point in his career, Cody Johnson is one of the biggest success stories flying out of the uber-talented Texas country scene. After years of making waves ...

Whether or not Dallas City Hall is coming apart, it’s exposing a rift between the city and the rest of the Metroplex. After news broke that the Dallas Mavericks plan to leave the inner city for a site ...

The Vikings signed defensive lineman Eric Johnson on Wednesday, the team announced. Johnson, 27, spent last season with the Colts. He played 12 games, seeing action on 131 defensive snaps and 16 on ...

Eric Clapton spent more than two decades having hit after hit. A talented singer and songwriter, Clapton is the writer behind many of his songs, but not all of them. These are three of the biggest ...