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 …
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors challenge self-imposed rules with the release of their latest album “Strangers No More”
Cover Story Keeping the FaithMarty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives pursue a higher purpose By Randy Fox Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives sing a gospel tune in the green room prior to their appearance on “Opry at the Ryman”. (L-R) Chris Scruggs, Kenny Vaughan, Harry Stinson, and Marty Stuart. Photo by Chuck Allen The …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
