We Are Music City By Tom Morales Looking southwest at dusk from the roof top bar at ACME Feed & Seed. Lower Broadway runs up the hill from the bottom left with the crosswalk at Second Avenue in the foreground. Photo by Chuck Allen. Nashville, TN | Aug. 24, 2023. What’s Going On Share this …
Fixin’ to Eat Carbo-loading in Little Kurdistan By Maria Ivey Talking Kurdish bread culture with the Mayor of Little Kurdistan, Shirzad “Zee” Tayyar I’m sitting across the table from Shirzad “Zee” Tayyar at Edessa Restaurant precisely eight years and two days after first meeting him. Edessa helms a small selection of stores, restaurants, and a …
Features The Jonah PeopleHealing and redemption through the power of music By Chuck Allen Composer and trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe. Photograph by Randy Kerr/Courtesy Nashville Symphony Hannibal Lokumbe’s spiritual journey to The Jonah People in his own words The sound of tumbling leaves upon the dark, dense pine-needled forest floor of Rosanky, Texas, awakened me to …
Coats of Many ColorsPhotographers Stacie Huckeba and Madison Thorn go behind the scenes for Dolly Parton’s Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones By Randy Fox Stacie Huckeba (L) and Madison Thorn at Huckeba’s Eastside studio, The Glitter Bomb. Photo by Chuck Allen “It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.” —Dolly Parton …
’80s Rock RewindThe 2022 documentary City Without A Subway has garnered acclaim for its coverage of the local rock scene in Nashville circa 1986. By Randy Fox VHS video footage of City Without a Subway. From the collection of Steve Boyle Features Share this story! It’s been 37 years since the release of City Without …
See Rock CityIn 1986, two concerts showcased Nashville’s local rock scene By Randy Fox Raging Fire: (l-r) Mark Medley, Michael Godsey, Melora Zaner, Lee A. Carr. Photo courtesy of Mark Medley Features Share this story! In the early months of 1986, the local Nashville rock scene celebrated its successes with two showcase concerts. The Rock …
Melissa Corbin and Delia Jo Ramsey here. We’re a Nashville-loving duo who’ve bonded through the last few years over a little shared grief and a lot of love for food and travel.
In the winter of 1981, a 21-year-old Amy Grant arrived at the renowned Caribou Ranch recording studio in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to record the tracks for her fourth album, Age to Age. An album that changed her life completely.
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.
“I’ve been drawn to working with people on the margins of our society for as long as I can remember. I think it’s because I grew up always feeling like an outsider who didn’t quite fit in anywhere I went. When I realized that you could build a career in that space, I was all in.”
