“Haters are gonna say that that bull is AI, but it is definitely not.”
Kacey Musgraves is a true auteur who not only co-writes and co-produces all of her music, but also shapes an entire visual world around it.
Kacey goes to great lengths to pursue her vision, including a guerilla-style photo shoot which included releasing a bull in the streets of Dallas with her photographer sister. This clip is from an interview by Senior Music Writer Jewly Hight.
Kacey Musgraves is a WNXP May Artist of the Month and an NPR New Music Friday release last week.
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Ever wonder what happens to paychecks, bank accounts, refunds that get lost? Or never delivered to the owner? In Tennessee, it likely turned over to the state Treasury Department Unclaimed Property Division.
Currently, the department has millions of dollars of unclaimed property ranging from money to military medals. So they’re on the road this summer to try and reunite residents with their abandoned or unclaimed money at fairs and festivals.
“The first thing people would say is: `I`m not missing any land,` Shelli King says. She is the director of communication at the Tennessee Department of Treasury. “So we always have to explain to them it is not land. In this instance, property is something that belongs to you, and its predominantly money.”
Over the past year, the division received over 168,000 claims and returned $125 million to the owners, ranging from just a few bucks to thousands of dollars in unclaimed money. Sometimes, the claims are for property like military medals or safe deposit boxes.
“Sometimes they don`t have anything. Sometimes, we`ve had people with a couple thousand dollars they didn`t know they had,” King said.
The Unclaimed Property booth will appear festivals until December, with the hopes that residents can claim what’s rightfully theirs.
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Country music used to have a sense of humor.
The fact that the Country Music Association gave southern standup Leanne Morgan a prime spot on its awards show last year might suggest that country music is ready to prioritize punchlines again.
There are three artists — Shane McAnally, Danae Hays and Pooja Reddy — who I`ve gotten to see in action. These performers share the impulse that’s inspired country comedy over generations: brushing off condescension toward country culture and celebrating its eccentricities. They’re also helping broaden its perspectives.
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Photos: Wikipedia, Hee Haw, Wikipedia, Jewly Hight
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has officially called a special session for the legislature to re-draw the state’s congressional maps. State lawmakers will reconvene in Nashville on Tuesday to consider eliminating the state’s lone Democratic seat in Memphis.
Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, told WPLN News that the recent SCOTUS decision unraveled a key victory of the Civil Rights Movement.
“I would be lying if I didn’t say it was also so painful because of what my ancestors went through to get access to the ballot, many of them who were lynched who were shot were beaten on bridges like the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma in order for us to have this right to representation,” Pearson said. “And now to see the Supreme Court living in some mythological universe where racism is not as persistent is dangerous.”
“We owe it to Tennesseans to ensure our congressional districts accurately reflect the will of Tennessee voters,” Gov. Bill Lee said in his announcement for the session.
Outgoing Senate Speaker Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, had called the state’s existing maps “strong, fair and legal,” but has since praised the governor’s call for a special session.
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Photos: Mark Humphrey AP Photo (File), Tennessee General Assembly
This week we have stories about music sync (hello Grey’s Anatomy), education, climate and Tennessee’s abortion law.
We’re talking about a new study that showed Tennessee has the lowest per-pupil spending rate, sync placement in Nashville’s music industry, Al Gore on climate, and the latest in a legal challenge to Tennessee’s abortion law.
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"I think I trust the news more than anything in the world."
That`s a quote from just one of the folks who came to our Front Porch Party on April 9. Nashville Public Radio hosted about 350 people for conversation, connection and behind-the-scenes tours of your favorite stations, WPLN and WNXP. We had food, fun, drinkables and games. And some folks got to see the great blue heron that hangs out near the beaver dam behind our station.
We`ll be hosting more community events in the future — don`t miss out on any of them.
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We’re talking Immigration, live concert tickets, rural healthcare, and progress in ending the “tampon tax.” These are the subjects of some of the top bills of interest that WPLN reporters followed this legislative session.
Swipe to see the status of the bills we tracked — did they pass with bi-partisan support? Were they blocked or rolled? This was the second year of a two-year session in Tennessee, and lawmakers had to work with a tighter budget than in recent years.
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Photo: AP: George Walker IV / AP
Killing to protect property is on its way to being permitted in Tennessee.
In the final days of the legislative session Metro Reporter Cynthia Abrams reported Tennessee lawmakers approved a bill that expands the use of deadly force.
Today, deadly force is only allowed in instances of self-defense, given “a reasonable belief that there is an imminent danger of death, serious bodily injury or grave sexual abuse.
Now, under the approved bill, lawmakers are allowing deadly force to protect against burglary, arson, robbery, aggravated robbery, grave sexual abuse or aggravated cruelty toward animals.
“It basically says that if deadly force is your last and only option to protect your private property, you can use it.” said Rep. Kip Capley, the bill’s sponsor. Rep. Justin Jones, who opposed the bill said “We’re encouraging escalation ... This is about life or death.”
Once signed by the governor, the law goes into effect July 6.
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Photos: Rose Gilbert / WPLN, stock photo
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