In The Know
Italia Pizza and Pasta
Nelson Mandela once said, “There is no passion to be found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable … more
Month: November 2015
East Side Buzz Print Edition
New Digs For The Great Escape
A Nashville fixture since the late 1970s, The Great Escape has always made its bones appealing to the collector in us all. At first, the … more
East Side Buzz Print Edition
Overlay My ’Hood, Please
A new conservation zoning overlay for a large portion of North Inglewood is moving quickly toward final approval. Encompassing the Inglewood Place and Jackson Park … more
East Side Buzz Print Edition
Hey, Y’all, Knock Off The Noise
East Nashville might not be the most famous musical zip code in Nashville — that’d probably be 37203, comprising Music Row and its surrounding environs … more
Matters of Development
MoD Nov|Dec ’15
NEW AND NOTEWORTHY After a good couple of years of emptiness, the cute blue Riverside Village house that Old Made Good once called home is … more
Features
Ears Wide Open
From the beer-splashed honky-tonks to the ornate choir lofts, the music that flows through East Nashville is as diverse as the people who call it … more
Features
Super Powers
“Have you met Ann Powers yet?” The New York Times lead music critic Jon Pareles asked me over lunch in the early ’90s. “You’re going … more
Features
It’s an Ornaments Christmas, Charlie Brown
For a band whose sole purpose is to play the soundtrack of a 50-year-old TV Christmas special for just one week out of the year, … more
Features
Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio, LET’S GO!
On a cool, fall Saturday afternoon recently at Drifter’s BBQ in East Nashville, a mix of music filled the air — hot rhythm & blues, … more
Features
Poetic Catharsis
The call came at 3 a.m., a time of day when phone calls rarely bear good news. A little more than five years … more