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Ryman

What’s the best way for a music fan to support their favorite artists?

By Ann Powers

June 2, 2025

In 2025, fandom is complicated. Music is at nearly everyone’s fingertips. Concert ticket prices are through the roof. Some fans take devotion to new extremes. What do we owe to the artists we love?

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: concerts, music industry, OnlyFans, Paul Simon, Ryman, TikTok

Nashville Honors Rep. John Lewis’ Legacy And Recognizes Ongoing Struggles For Equality

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

July 18, 2021

The event honoring the late Georgia congressman was held on a street renamed in his honor. John Lewis Way, formerly Fifth Avenue, is where Lewis demonstrated at lunch counters and received an award from Martin Luther King Junior at the Ryman.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, History, Metro, Race & Equity Tagged With: Al Gore, American Baptist College, civil rights, civil rights movement, John Lewis, Nancy Pelosi, Race, Ryman

After 125 Years, Ryman Auditorium Adds A Rare ‘First’ — A Headlining Hip-Hop Act

By Chas Sisk

June 7, 2019

Listen In its more than 125 years, Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville has hosted just about every kind of show imaginable: chuch revivals, boxing matches, the Grand Ole Opry. But there’s one kind of performance that’s never topped the bill at the Ryman: hip-hop. That is, until this Sunday, when the Wu-Tang Clan will play […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Ryman, Wu-Tang Clan

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