Listen If you check out Spotify’s Nashville Top 100 playlist, you’ll find Elliot Root, an alternative band led by frontman Scott Krueger in the top spot. “Doesn’t mean he’s getting more plays again, than anyone in Nashville, but you could say he’s the ‘Nashvillist’ artist right now,” said Eliot Van Buskirk, Data Storyteller and editor […]
Nashville NAACP Wants Huff To Get Second Look For Metro Schools Top Job
The Nashville chapter of the NAACP is hoping to revive the candidacy of a finalist who lost out on the Metro Schools superintendent’s position. Angela…
Street in Front of Sounds’ Ballpark To Be Officially Renamed in Honor of Junior Gilliam
The portion of Jackson Street that runs in front of the Nashville Sounds’ new ballpark in Germantown will officially have a new name tonight: Junior Gilliam Way. Gilliam was a Nashville native who attended Pearl High School before starting his professional baseball career in the Negro Leagues.
Donelson, Growing And Feeling ‘Hip,’ Wants Mayoral Candidates To Pay Attention
Listen Residents of Donelson have two opportunities this week to meet the candidates for Nashville mayor. So we wanted to know what questions they might ask.
Hermitage Man Who Survived Pearl Harbor Bombs On USS Tennessee Laid To Rest
Listen Taps will sound at the Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Nashville later this morning. It’s a song that World War II veteran George Westover knew very well. Nearly 75 years ago, Westover was a private first class from Wichita, Kansas who played the bugle aboard the USS Tennessee when it was based at Pearl […]
Once Dubious, Bill Freeman Comes Around To A Nashville Minimum Wage
In his latest TV ad, which is set to begin airing this week, mayoral candidate Bill Freeman is calling for a hike in the Davidson County minimum wage from $7.25 to $12 an hour over the next three years.
Nashville-Based Gibson Says Self-Tuning Guitars Are Here To Stay
Listen A Nashville instrument-maker has spent millions of dollars over the course of a decade trying to perfect a self-tuning guitar. It wasn’t until this year, however, that Gibson, the brand behind the iconic Les Paul, started making automatic tuners a standard feature on most of its electric guitars.
Nashville-Based Gibson Says Self-Tuning Guitars Are Here To Stay
Listen A Nashville instrument-maker has spent millions of dollars over the course of a decade trying to perfect a self-tuning guitar. It wasn’t until this year, however, that Gibson, the brand behind the iconic Les Paul, started making automatic tuners a standard feature on most of its electric guitars.
Where to Put That Old TV? Starting Next Month, Nashville Trash Cans Will Be Off Limits
On July 1, Metro Nashville is expanding the list of things you can’t throw in the trash can. Televisions, computer monitors and other electronics will no longer be allowed.
Grand Ole Opry Member, Hall of Fame Electee Jim Ed Brown Dies at 81
A singer set for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame this year has died. Jim Ed Brown was 81 years old and was diagnosed with lung cancer last fall. Originally from Arkansas, Brown came on to the scene as part of a group that included his two sisters, Maxine and Bonnie. The trio […]