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Arts, Culture & Music

Senate strikes AI provision from GOP bill after move by Blackburn

The Associated Press

July 1, 2025

A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, thwarting attempts to insert the measure into President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, ELVIS Act, Marsha Blackburn, music industry, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Big Freedia is going to take Nashville Pride to the club … and to church

jewly hight

June 26, 2025

When Big Freedia returns to Nashville Pride this weekend, she’ll add in an element that may seem antithetical to booty-shaking: her version of sanctified gospel music.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Big Freedia, music, Nashville Pride

Tiny Desk Contest entries come from all corners of the Nashville music scene

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June 25, 2025

Nashville entries into this year’s Tiny Desk Contest paint a varied picture of the local independent music scene.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: concerts, music, NPR Music, Tiny Desk

Could you eat this much ice cream after walking 1,100 miles? Some Appalachian Trail hikers try

The Associated Press

June 21, 2025

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting. So far this year, about 50 thru-hikers have finished the challenge.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachian Trail, hiking, outdoors

Mementos of the Black folk revival go on exhibit in Nashville

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June 17, 2025

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The Carolina Chocolate Drops propelled a movement to reclaim the Black roots of music — and member Dom Flemons envisioned their impact from the very start.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dom Flemons, Folk music

Musicians Anne Harris and Amanda Ewing discuss connection in new album

Debbie Elliott, NPR

June 16, 2025

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NPR’s Debbie Elliott speaks with musician Anne Harris and Amanda Ewing, the Nashville luthier whose violin Harris uses on her new album, “I Feel It Once Again.”

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Amanda Ewing, Folk music, luthier, music industry

Summer ’25 album preview with All Songs Considered

Celia Gregory, WNXP, Sheldon Pearce, NPRandRobin Hilton, NPR

June 15, 2025

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We look at the most anticipated albums coming this summer, from Wet Leg, Big Thief, Superchunk, Lucrecia Dalt and more. WNXP’s Celia Gregory joins NPR Music’s Sheldon Pearce and host Robin Hilton.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: All Songs Considered

Listen: The Belcourt Theatre’s secret to success is good conversation

Justin Barney

June 13, 2025

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The Belcourt Theatre has staying power. But while the arthouse theater just celebrated its 100-year anniversary, it hasn’t been an easy road to get there.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music Tagged With: Belcourt, Belcourt 100, Belcourt Theatre, The Belcourt Theatre

Nashville Masses are emptier as the threat of deportations looms

Marianna Bacallao

June 12, 2025

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ICE arrested nearly 200 people as part of the early May operation. The raids — and the possibility of future crack downs — has had a chilling effect on Nashville’s Spanish-speaking parishes.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Catholic, Catholicism, church, Donald Trump, Freddie O'Connell, ICE, immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raid, religion, Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Catholic Conference, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

Cherokee cyclists retrace the Trail of Tears to remember — and reclaim — their history

Cynthia Abrams

June 11, 2025

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For the last four decades, a group of bicyclists has embarked on a 950-mile bike ride following the Trail of Tears in honor of Cherokee ancestors who were forcibly removed from their homelands.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, History, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Cherokee, Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Indigenous history, Joelton, McMinnville, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Trail of Tears

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