Listen Del Bryant is the son of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, famous Nashville songwriters for their work in the days of the Grand Ole Opry. Del is interviewed by his wife, Carolyn Smith Bryant, about how his parents met and the important role they played in country music.
StoryCorps Nashville: A Conversation with Dr. Maysoon Shocair Ali
Listen Maysoon Shocair Ali is a Syrian-born doctor who has been living and practicing medicine in Waverly, Tennessee for more than forty years. Her daughter, Yasmine Ali, sits down with her mother to talk about her life in Syria and making Tennessee her home.
StoryCorps Nashville: A Veteran’s Balance Between Home And Military
Listen Raymond Allbright spent 15 years in the Army, including a tour of duty during the First Gulf War. For a special StoryCorps project collecting interviews with veterans in Nashville, he sat down with his wife, Michelle Allbright, to talk about the struggles of a military marriage, and the regrets he has of balancing the […]
StoryCorps: Nashville Vet Thanks Wife For Helping Him Rebound After Combat
Listen Zac Jenkins joined the United States Marine Corps during peacetime. When he finished boot camp, September 11th had already changed the world. Jenkins knew he’d be going to war, and he did.
Nashville StoryCorps: Sandra & Callie Watts – “Mamaw’s Biscuits”
Over the past year, hundreds of Middle Tennesseans have recorded their stories in the Story Corp Booth at the Nashville Public Library. Callie Watts brought her mother Sandra in to talk about her grandmother. “Mamaw”, as she was known, never drove herself, but Callie remembers her as a self-reliant, rugged woman, who amazed all in the kitchen….
StoryCorps Comes to Nashville
A popular oral history project began its year-long stay in Nashville this weekend. Since 2003, StoryCorps has invited individuals to interview loved ones in a special booth. Recordings of the conversations are then broadcast on Friday mornings during Morning Edition, and archived by the Library of Congress. Former radio documentarian David Isay, began the project […]
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