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Shelby Bottoms

Listen: The inspiration for the song ‘Empty Trainload of Sky’ is an East Nashville landmark

Justin Barney

January 3, 2025

An adult and a kid on in golden hour light standing under a large train bridge
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Gillian Welch and David Rawlings live and work in Nashville, and their knowledge of the city shines through in the new song, “Empty Trainload of Sky.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: David Rawlings, East Nashville, Gillian Welch, history, Shelby Bottoms

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

NashVillager Podcast: Changes coming to Shelby Park

Nina Cardona

May 15, 2024

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What’s next for one of Nashville’s signature green spaces? Plus your local newscast for May 15, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Friends of Shelby, growth and development, Metro Parks, Shelby Bottoms, Shelby Park

East Nashville is getting a new art center. It looks like a ship.

Cynthia Abrams

November 2, 2023

A ship-shaped building in East Nashville will soon be revitalized into a new arts and cultural center. Two nonprofits, the Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms and the Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville, announced the project plan Wednesday.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Arts and Business Council, Friends of Shelby, metro, Shelby Bottoms, Shelby Park, US Naval Training Center

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