New Music
Buick Audra: ‘Life Is Short – Make the Art’
Back in 2012, Audra dedicated the entire year to recording and cataloging 60 of her own songs. She didn’t have a place or plan for them yet, but she systematically went back and gathered those missing “song children” so they wouldn’t end up orphaned, triggering the shame that comes with abandoned art.
By Deanna Walker
Drew Holcomb: Cooking Up Hits in the Carpool Lane
As any seasoned songwriter will tell you, inspiration can strike anywhere. For Drew Holcomb, new single “Dance With Everybody” had its genesis in the drop-off lane at his kids’ school.
By Stephen Deusner
Todd Snider previews forthcoming live album
Some musicians see the road as a necessary evil. Others crave it and thrive there. Todd Snider, by his own admission, is the latter.
By Kristin Whittlesey
New music, new podcast and news from Margo Price
Margo Price has apparently been keeping herself busy over the summer, as simultaneous releases and announcements today attest.
By Kristin Whittlesey
Commentary
Ode to Exit/In: Scenes May Change, but the Music Marches On
The first time I darkened the door at Exit/In was more than four decades ago to experience the Southern-style, prog/jazz/funk-isms of the Dixie Dregs. The face-melting paroxysms of guitarist Steve Morse’s chickin’ pickin’ jazz-on-moonshine riffs were mind blowing, especially up close and personal.
By Chuck Allen |
The Chief Musician, The Elder, The Ancestor and His Legacy
Growing up in Nashville, the Fisk Jubilee Singers were, and remain, a constant presence for the developing Black singer. My own reference for Western classical singing in the Black aesthetic begins with them. In fact, when I first started formal voice study, it was in the hopes of becoming a Jubilee Singer.
By Patrick Dailey |
Storytelling Town
Words made this town. Words in novels, history books, and poetry. Ann Patchett, Jon Meacham, and Tiana Clark are names that many readers recognize, their words bound between two covers that are devoured during many sittings.
By Tom Morales |
Embracing Change, the New Year, and the New Nashville
At this time of the year, the Jewish community is poised to celebrate Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year. Far from being a time for fireworks and champagne toasts, it is rather a time for reflection upon the year that has passed, examining our actions, and looking ahead to our aspirations for the new year.
By Rabbi Shana Mackler |
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Editor's Letter
Editor’s Letter: Have a Little Faith
By Chuck Allen |
Democracy is like an odd house mistress. She welcomes anyone into her home and “rent” is, simply, your vote.
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Art in profile
Jeffrey Gibson: In Time We Will All Be Stars
Imagine yourself an accidental tourist wandering a not-so-crowded Times Square. It’s March 2020, and it’s late at night.
By Leslie LaChance |
Alan LeQuire’s Dream of Trees
Maaan, there’s a story there!” — you think when you first lay eyes on the “Dream Forest” sculptures at Four Seasons Hotel and Residences on First Avenue and Demonbreun.
By Nicki Pendleton Wood |
African Modernism in America
A short time after Nashville artist Jamaal Sheats became director and curator of galleries at Fisk University in 2015, he got a phone call. Might Fisk have available in its collection any works by Akinola Lasekan, a mid-20th century Nigerian artist?
By Leslie LaChance |
Artist in Profile: Kelly Chuning
Textile artist Kelly Chuning tells her stories through single sentences, all originally either said to her or thought by her. It functions as a feminist manifesto.
By Rachel Ebio |
New Music
Buick Audra: ‘Life Is Short – Make the Art’
Back in 2012, Audra dedicated the entire year to recording and cataloging 60 of her own songs. She didn’t have a place or plan for them yet, but she systematically went back and gathered those missing “song children” so they wouldn’t end up orphaned, triggering the shame that comes with abandoned art.
By Deanna Walker
Drew Holcomb: Cooking Up Hits in the Carpool Lane
As any seasoned songwriter will tell you, inspiration can strike anywhere. For Drew Holcomb, new single “Dance With Everybody” had its genesis in the drop-off lane at his kids’ school.
By Stephen Deusner
Todd Snider previews forthcoming live album
Some musicians see the road as a necessary evil. Others crave it and thrive there. Todd Snider, by his own admission, is the latter.
By Kristin Whittlesey
New music, new podcast and news from Margo Price
Margo Price has apparently been keeping herself busy over the summer, as simultaneous releases and announcements today attest.
By Kristin Whittlesey
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Commentary
Ode to Exit/In: Scenes May Change, but the Music Marches On
The first time I darkened the door at Exit/In was more than four decades ago to experience the Southern-style, prog/jazz/funk-isms of the Dixie Dregs. The face-melting paroxysms of guitarist Steve Morse’s chickin’ pickin’ jazz-on-moonshine riffs were mind blowing, especially up close and personal.
By Chuck Allen
The Chief Musician, The Elder, The Ancestor and His Legacy
Growing up in Nashville, the Fisk Jubilee Singers were, and remain, a constant presence for the developing Black singer. My own reference for Western classical singing in the Black aesthetic begins with them. In fact, when I first started formal voice study, it was in the hopes of becoming a Jubilee Singer.
By Patrick Dailey
Storytelling Town
Words made this town. Words in novels, history books, and poetry. Ann Patchett, Jon Meacham, and Tiana Clark are names that many readers recognize, their words bound between two covers that are devoured during many sittings.
By Tom Morales
Embracing Change, the New Year, and the New Nashville
At this time of the year, the Jewish community is poised to celebrate Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year. Far from being a time for fireworks and champagne toasts, it is rather a time for reflection upon the year that has passed, examining our actions, and looking ahead to our aspirations for the new year.
By Rabbi Shana Mackler
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