Southern Baptists elected a new leader who has decried a “decline and drift” within the denomination. Supporters of Willy Rice include an outspoken faction seeking to move the solidly conservative body even further to the right.
The surprising depth of affection in Ashley Monroe’s “I Hate Nashville”
It may seem like Ashley Monroe is contradicting herself when she sings these emphatic sentiments nearly back to back: “Country music is the reason I’m alive. …But I hate Nashville.”
What you need to know about Team Japan’s stay in Nashville for the FIFA World Cup
The Japanese Men’s National soccer team is coming to town. Known as the Samurai Blue, the team has hand selected Nashville as their Base Camp City.
A KY program teaches Shakespeare to incarcerated men. See, hear their performance
Kentucky Shakespeare hosts a theater program at Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in La Grange, Kentucky. This year, incarcerated men performed “The Tempest.”
Béla Fleck and Renée Fleming join forces to celebrate Appalachian music on new album
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and soprano Renée Fleming about their collaborative project and album, “The Fiddle and The Drum,” which celebrates Appalachian folk music.
Western Kentucky’s Cinema Systers celebrates a decade as U.S.’s only all-lesbian film festival
The only all-lesbian film festival in the U.S. is not where most people might expect. Cinema Systers – a four-day celebration of sapphic storytelling – turned 10 in Paducah over Memorial Day weekend.
Nashville musician Caroline Carter turns childhood etiquette classes into noisy empathy on ‘Fetch’
Nashville musician Caroline Carter has come a long way from a West Texas upbringing focused on Southern hospitality. Her new EP, “Fetch,” grapples with finding her own identity while being a people pleaser.
Why an apolitical worship song has become popular with conservative activists
A Christian worship song has turned up everywhere from prayer services at the Pentagon to the Charlie Kirk memorial service. The song is apolitical, so what accounts for its use at political events?
A little bit country, a little bit Desi: A Pakistani-American’s hybrid music
On May 31, Mo Sabri makes a landmark appearance with the Nashville Symphony for an orchestral rendition of his new album, “Tennessee Desi,” which blends Appalachian styles with Muslim devotional music.
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