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Justin Barney

‘An exercise in futility’: Why some Tennesseans aren’t voting today

Justin Barney

November 5, 2024

For many in Tennessee, Election Day is just another regular day — and for various reasons, they’re not casting ballots.

Filed Under: Election in Depth 2024, Election Live Blog 2024, Politics Tagged With: Elections 2024, voting rights

New music event will celebrate independent venues and local artists in Nashville

Justin Barney

October 28, 2024

A packed concert venue with wood beams on the ceiling and a bar. A guitarist plays on stage.

The new event, called 615 Indie Live, is coming to Nashville in February.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music Tagged With: concert venues, live music, WNXP

Beavers, cardinals and cicadas are the session players on this Nashville album recorded in Shelby Bottoms

Justin Barney

August 12, 2024

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The most serene place in Nashville just might be a park bench at dusk in Shelby Bottoms. And now, you can be there whenever you want thanks to Camille Faulkner.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Boygenius, cicadas, Metro Parks, Shelby Bottoms, wildlife

How Madison’s Harken Hall venue plans to fulfill a grand — but delayed — vision

Justin Barney

July 31, 2024

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Harken Hall is now open — but with lingering questions as to what exactly will take place inside the grand space in Madison.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: concert venues, music business

Listen: Inside Mitski’s surprise concert at the Belcourt Theatre

Justin Barney

September 14, 2023

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Passionate Mitski fans flew in from all across the country to sit in a movie theater and listen to Mitski’s new album “The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We” a full week before its release on Sept. 15. The event read, “Listening Event and Film selected by Mitski – NOT A LIVE PERFORMANCE.”

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WNXP, WPLN News Tagged With: Belcourt Theatre, Mitski, WNXP

Podcast: Help WNXP solve a mystery involving Bob Dylan, John Cale, and Edie Sedgwick

Justin Barney

March 17, 2023

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This time it’s a “reverse” Curious Nashville — instead of answering one of your questions, we’re looking to Nashville Public Radio listeners to help solve a musical mystery.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Bob Dylan, Curious Nashville, music

From Kendrick Lamar to Diarrhea Planet, Bonnaroo’s lineup blends national headliners and regional favorites

Justin Barney

January 10, 2023

Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Zed’s Dead, Liquid Stranger and Odesza are the headliners for Bonnaroo this summer. The lineup for the festival in Manchester, Tennessee, came out Tuesday.   

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WNXP, WPLN News Tagged With: Bonnaroo, Exit/In, music, Paramore, Sheryl Crow, WNXP

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