Knoxville-based Big Country’s Empty Bottle is a healthy dose of Americana inspired by traditional bluegrass with a spirited infusion of the Grateful Dead.

Poet Tina Parker will read from “Mother May I,” her new series of linked narrative poems that explode the stereotype of the ideal mother as they explore the raw, bodily realities of childbirth and parenting young children.

Tennessee Shines Radio Show is performed for a live audience every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Boyd’s Jig & Reel musical pub in Knoxville’s historic Old City. The show is broadcast live on WDVX FM and WDVX.com.Tickets are $10 in advance, available at http://jigandreel.ticketleap.com/ or at the door starting at 6 p.m.

Listen online at http://www.wdvx.com/listen-live/