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Down at MTSU

2025 String Band Summit Showcases Fiddling Traditions of The Americas

Returning to historic Hinton Hall at Middle Tennessee State University, the place I have seen the most live performances in my life, was a thrill for me since it hadRead More

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2025 String Band Summit

Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Popular Music will host the 2025 String Band Summit this Thursday through Saturday (2/27-3/1) The annual String Band Summit gathers musicians, teachers, students, andRead More

Mental Health: Healing Blues.

On Sunday, January 26th, I had the opportunity to attend the Mental Health: Healing Blues and Jazz event hosted by the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference of the United Methodist Church atRead More

“Overflowing and Unlimited . . .” – Nelsons and the BSO release live recording of the Turangalîla-Symphonie

I will admit that I have a rather large soft spot for the music of Olivier Messiaen.  Experiments with total serialism, Medieval and Hindustani rhythmic influences, incorporation of bird songRead More

Serie de conciertos de invierno de Cheekwood

“No pares, sigue sigue!”

(Version in English) Qué mejor que el intervalo de noches gélidas de enero se interrumpa con un poco de combustión. El espectáculo de Music City Latin Orchestra es un golpeRead More

Cheekwood's Winter Concert Series:

“Don’t stop, sigue sigue!”

(versión en español) What better way to interrupt the interval of freezing January nights than with a bit of combustion? The Music City Latin Orchestra’s performance is a heatstroke thatRead More

The Amazing Art Expo!

Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh, and Chainsaw Man, Oh My!

The Amazing Art Expo came to the Sheraton Hotel in Nashville on January 3rd-5th. The event featured art from anime, video games, Disney, horror films, Star Wars, Marvel, DC Comics,Read More

Photos and Finery at Cheekwood: Former White House Florister Laura Dowling in Nashville

People often talk about moving from the sublime to the ridiculous, but my visit to Cheekwood worked the other way around. Driving down Page Road toward the great mansion andRead More

Cinema in Nashville:

The 2024 International Black Film Festival

The International Black Film Festival (IBFF) held its 19th annual festival this October 2nd-6th. The IBFF is the only African-American established and inspired film festival in the state of Tennessee.Read More

From the Nashville Film Festival

The Ties that Bind Us: Graveyard Shorts

The Graveyard Shifts Shorts Program: The Ties that Bind Us is a block of seven films that engage with the horror genre at different levels. Much of it is derivative,Read More