Month: July 2024

The Jazz Beat: August 2024

This Month’s Highlights Here you’ll find the shows and events this month that I think are the real standouts, unique events that you won’t find every day in the city.Read More

Kindling Arts Festival 2024 – a selected works review

In its seventh year of being the main showcasing platform for performing arts in Nashville, once again, Kindling Arts Festival’s focus was on a broad theme of immense social valueRead More

New Release from Joyous Records

Sofia Goodman’s ‘Receptive’ and the Ideal Character

Human character, its content, strengths, failings, hypocrisy, depth and intimate shadings have long been the subject of artistic, and particularly musical, expression. It is said that the contrasting themes ofRead More

Lake Street Dive at Ascend

Lake Street Dive is bringing a fusion of several styles including pop, jazz, funk, soul and many more. Bolstered by Rachael Price’s strong and powerful vocals their music tells stories,Read More

From the (not so) Far-Flung Correspondence:

Columbus, Georgia’s Ma Rainey House and Museum: A Testament to the “Mother of the Blues”

This past June, I attended a music history conference in Columbus Georgia, where a significant portion was dedicated to exploring the blues through legendary singer Ma Rainey’s life and legacy.Read More

One of MCR's Drama Specialists goes to a Conference:

“Navigating Waters: From Oppression to Liberation”- the 27th Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed Conference

For those who view theater as a tool for empowerment and social change, Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed (PTO) are not foreign terms, however, I wouldn’t want to assume anyone’sRead More