Last year, a Curious Nashville reader noticed an unusual sign on the side of the road. Like many of the most intriguing questions we receive, answering it demanded a visit to the site. WPLN News contributor Tasha Lemley took up the search.
For Black Artists, Protesting Racial Injustices Isn’t Just A Moment, It’s A Lifelong Pursuit
There are more paintings than furniture in Omari Booker’s studio in Nashville. His works are bursting with color, illuminating images of family and Black men. One painting, “The Black Bird,” captures his time in prison.
Nashville Symphony Cancels Its Next Season, Furloughs Musicians
The Nashville Symphony is canceling its upcoming season and furloughing staff and musicians after a tough year caused by the coronavirus. The move will suspend concerts and event activity until July 31, 2021, and furlough 79 musicians at the start of this July.
Nashville’s Revised Live Music Guidelines Cap Volume, Add Temperature Checks
Live music has been back in Nashville for a week, and pandemic-related rules are already evolving.
Tennessee Reopens Performance Venues, So Long As Singer Has A 15-Foot Spit Zone
The state of Tennessee is now allowing restaurants and retail businesses to increase capacity, so long as social-distancing recommendations can still be met.
First To Close, Last To Open: The Future Of Performing Arts In Nashville During The Age Of Coronavirus
Nashville musicians are still wondering when it’ll be safe to take the stage in front of a live audience again. Local leaders began easing “Safer at Home” restrictions on Monday, but it may be months before singers and performance venues are included in the reopening plans.
‘The Music’s Not Gonna Stop’: Nashville Songwriters Collaborate From Afar
For Nashville’s songwriters, social distancing has posed some unexpected challenges. Artists who typically spend their days creating music together are now trying a new approach: virtual co-writing.
Music Journalists Answer: What Did Nashville Sound Like In 2019?
For the fourth year in a row, WPLN News gathered music experts to answer the question: What did Nashville sound like? Writers Brittney McKenna and Andrea Williams were asked to go beyond a “best of” list and look at the themes and ideas that really stood out in the city’s music scene.
Nashville-Based Barbershop Harmony Society Welcomes Women For The First Time
Listen / The Barbershop Harmony Society is inviting women to be full members of the organization for the first time, effective immediately. The Nashville-based umbrella group says the decision is part of a “new strategic vision” meant to be more inclusive and welcome people of all races, sexual orientations, political opinions and spiritual beliefs.
How One Tennessee Family Saved A Trove Of Disappearing Folk Songs
Listen / Songs can go extinct. Lose track of the words, or the tune by which to sing them, and the oral tradition of passing on folk songs can become a precariously thin thread through history. But one family — even one singing amongst themselves way out in the country — can do a lot […]
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