Listen There’s a new band in Nashville playing R&B hits and getting some decent gigs. And they’re made up mostly of middle school students from Colombia, South America.
20 Photos: Ghosts Of The Past, Seeds Of The Future On Dickerson Pike
Before I-65, Dickerson Pike/US 41 was the main road between Louisville and Nashville, and the vintage signs of the pike’s motels are the most striking sights on the street. They recall a time before interstate freeways homogenized regional cultures, and they remind me of how exciting it must have been to be a tourist, a business man or even a wannabe country star arriving in Nashville for the very first time after a long, slow drive.
Nashville’s Smallest Arts Nonprofit Just Got The Biggest Metro Funding Boost
Listen After several years of unsuccessful lobbying, Nashville’s arts organizations are celebrating a boost in Metro government funding. Every group that was approved for a grant will get more this year — with some increases of 50 percent, 100 percent, or even 300 percent.
Here’s What Dolly Parton Has To Say About Transgender Bathroom Laws
Listen Country music superstar Dolly Parton gave a diplomatic response when CNNMoney asked her this week about North Carolina’s controversial transgender bathroom law. She had just toured through the state, where they now require people to use the bathroom of their birth sex.
Watkins’ Oldest Alumna Uses Career In Sales To Fuel Artistic Drive
When Mildred Jarrett started her studies at Watkins College of Art and Design (or, as it was then known, Watkins Institute), she was considered too young to be in figure studies classes with nude models. When she graduated with her Associates Degree in Fine Art in 2001, she was a half-century older than her classmates.
Guy Clark, Songwriter Who Influenced Generations Of Musicians, Dies At 74
Listen Guy Clark is being remembered as one of Music City’s most respected songwriters. He died Tuesday morning in Nashville. Clark was successful as a songwriter but might be best remembered as a mentor: Generations of troubadours counted Clark as a major influence and called on him for advice at his Nashville home.
Seeing Something Majestic In Nashville’s Decaying Architecture — Via Drone
Brian Siskind is more artist than documentarian, but his latest pet project does a bit of both: exploring the essence of color and form as it captures for posterity some of old Nashville’s vanishing landscape.
Nashville Film Festival Making Headlines On The Other Side Of The World
Listen Millions of people in China could be reading about Nashville in the coming days. That’s because the city is hosting eight Chinese delegates — entertainment executives who came here for the Nashville Film Festival. As it turns out, that’s big news overseas. Erjie Zhou, a reporter for China’s government-run Xinhua News Agency, was sent […]
In Tribute: Friends Of Jim Ridley Read One Of His Most Poignant Passages
Listen Like so many of his friends and fans, I’ve spent the last week thinking about Jim Ridley, who died on April 8, at the age of 50. While watching everyone post and talk and share stories about Jim, there was one particular passage of his own writing that kept coming up — a […]
TPAC’s Broadway Schedule Includes Locally Produced ‘Evita’ Revival
Listen For the first time, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center is investing money in a major show that will feature local talent. The venue’s Broadway Series normally consists of national tours making brief stops in Music City, and the local companies that utilize its smaller theaters are essentially renters.
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