Porter Wagoner
In the 1960s and ‘70s, Porter Wagoner was Nashville royalty. His television variety show helped keep the Grand Ole Opry alive. This month, a new Wagoner album comes out on a rock label, but don’t call...
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This Is the Room Your Favorite Song Came From
This summer, Nashville was buzzing with the news that one of the most prolific music studios in a city full of them, RCA Studio A, had been sold to a developer who intended to tear it down and build...
View ArticleCowboy Jack Clement: A Country Music Maverick
Cowboy Jack Clement, died Thursday (Aug. 8) at his Nashville home following a lengthy illness. He was 82. Over his long career, Clement held many roles: songwriter and performer, record and movie...
View ArticleFlood Waters Recede But Nashville Still in Crisis
The Cumberland River in Tennessee began to recede on Tuesday, after heavy rainfall over the weekend caused massive flooding in parts of Nashville. At least 29 people have died, and historic landmarks,...
View ArticleFloods Hit Nashville Music Scene
The devastating floods that hit the South earlier this month are responsible for dozens of deaths and billions of dollars in financial damage. But musicians in Nashville are experiencing a unique loss....
View ArticleHow May's Floods Drenched Nashville's Classical Music Scene
The Cumberland River in Nashville swelled to more than 12 feet above flood stage earlier this month. That's because of three days of torrential rains that soaked Tennessee and caused the deaths of more...
View ArticleComing Out in Nashville
Denying her own sexuality nearly drove country artist Chely Wright to suicide. But last week, she broke her long silence and made history in the process. The 39-year-old singer came out as a lesbian...
View ArticleNashville Residents Rally to Rebuild Opryland Theme Park
Earlier this month Tennessee was hit with severe rainfall that left more than a foot of water on the streets of Nashville. The city’s oldest buildings, including the State Capitol, the Country Music...
View ArticleWhen Radio Was King
The story of WSM, the radio station that broadcast the Grand Ole Opry to a vast swath of America, is not just a story about country music. It is also the story of radio. WSM was and remains today a...
View ArticleThe Grand Ole Days of Nashville Radio
As commercial radio struggles to find its place in today’s cluttered music marketplace, Nashville’s WSM station stands as a reminder of the medium’s glory days.Founded in 1925, it was WSM that dubbed...
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TN Moving Stories: LA's Westside Subway Gets Federal OK, JSK is Compared to...
(photo by Dre Batista/Flickr)Federal officials okay preliminary engineering on LA's Westside subway and light rail line. (Los Angeles Times)Profiling the grid: Nashville utility planners use research...
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Quiet Since the Floods, A Nashville Hall is Back
In a city dominated by the music industry, a singular function is fulfilled by the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. A 197,000-square-foot limestone theater that resembles an ancient Greek temple, it has...
View ArticleNashville-Bound Sound
Lionel Richie just released an album of country versions of his own songs. But he’s hardly the first pop star to embrace Americana. We’re joined by Billboard’s Nashville correspondent, Deborah Evans...
View ArticleJustin Townes Earle: In Studio
The Nashville-bred New York-based singer and songwriter (and son of troubadour Steve Earle), last joined us with his critically acclaimed 2010 album, "Harlem River Blues." His latest release has hints...
View ArticleThe Culture Gabfest: Frankenfest Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, Jody Rosen and David Haglund discuss Twitter's role in Hurricane Sandy, the new ABC drama "Nashville," and Haglund's piece on Mormon intellectuals.
View ArticleThe New Nashville, The Lone Bellow In The Studio
The ABC drama Nashville has taken TV screens by storm thanks to its fairly soapy-but-realistic depiction of two country music stars, the Nashville music industry, and some great original music. Today...
View ArticleNashville Sings A New Tune
When trend spotters talk about emerging music scenes in various places, be it Portland, Detroit, or Berlin, they might be tempted to use the phrase “The Next Brooklyn.” By which they mean cheap rent...
View ArticleNew York Back In The Saddle With Nash FM
New Yorkers can find almost anything they want, at any time of day. But for 17 years, they've been hard pressed to find one major music genre on the radio dial: mainstream country. Now, thanks to a...
View ArticleCallie Khouri's 'Nashville'; Ryan Keberle and Catharsis; Ex Cops at SXSW
In this episode: Callie Khouri, the creator and executive producer of the TV drama Nashville, joins us to talk about the real-life country music that shapes much of her acclaimed show. And, we ask her...
View Article'Nashville' Places Music Center Screen
Since the ABC series Nashville began last fall, millions of viewers have tuned in to watch the drama unfold between two fictional country music stars: the established icon Rayna Jaymes, played by...
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