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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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Editor’s Letter: Have a Little Faith

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 by Brian Barlow

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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