The album cover intrigues: A choir in red robes singing in the lobby of a bank lobby, with the conductor standing behind a desk of deposit slips. By how did it come to be?
Curious Nashville: Why did a Nashville bank release a Christmas album?
It’s Curious Nashville: where WPLN News answers your questions about Middle Tennessee and takes you on a monthly adventure to find answers. Today we’re shining a light on an obscure album recorded in Nashville more than 50 years ago that features a Christmas choir performing inside the lobby of a downtown bank. Astute local listener […]
Curious Nashville: What does it take to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry?
What does it mean to be a member of the Opry? Do you have to have a hit?
Curious Nashville: Why do we have Chicago-style gyro restaurants?
How a simple question about gyros in Nashville led to epic revelations about how regional food styles come into existence — and the role of one entrepreneur in changing gyros forever.
This Is Curious Nashville: Why do we have Chicago-style gyro restaurants?
Little did we know that trying to figure this out would take us way beyond Nashville and lead us to uncover the very creation of the gyro as we know it.
NashVillager Podcast: Oops?
How did a routine training session end up destroying a Tennessee judge’s home? Plus today’s local news roundup and the return of WPLN’s Curious Nashville.
The triumphant return of Curious Nashville
WPLN is reviving one of the station’s most popular projects: Curious Nashville. The recipe is simple. Listeners ask questions and we find the answers. But the bar is high. Instead of answers that can be found through a quick Google search, we’re taking queries that will take us somewhere unknown or unexpected. Tune in to […]
Encore: As Nashville’s ‘Black Bottom’ gets historical marker, we’re revisiting this Curious Nashville story
The low-lying area of downtown Nashville that’s south of Broadway and along the Cumberland River was once known as “Black Bottom” and will get a historical marker.
Curious Nashville: Woodbine asks, are Whitsett Road and Whitsitt Elementary named after the same person?
When it comes to the name spelling of this prominent Nashville family, there’s a mix of evidence for Whitsitt and Whitsett.
What is the future of Middle Tennessee’s trash?
What will we do when we reach capacity at the Middle Point landfill in Rutherford County, where Nashville and Middle Tennessee’s trash goes?
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