Commentary
Simple Pleasures
I found a butterfly on the sidewalk yesterday — freshly passed, wings fully spread, lying still on its back as if it expired midair and … more
Vol. VI Issue 2
East of Normal
All Grown Up
I drove up to Bowling Green for a photo shoot the other day, leaves falling all brown and yellow and burnt orange, the low sun … more
Artist in Profile
Merry Beth Myrick
Through hard work and self-determination, an East Nashville jewelry designer turned a childhood interest into a livelihood … more
Know your Neighbor
Bob Borzak
“I’ve been in East Nashville 30 years. Same house on Woodland — we bought it condemned. My mother used to give me a hard time … more
Cover Stories
Beyond Faith
It’s 7:30 on another Monday morning. But with the Americana Music Association Awards three days away, most practitioners of the grayest genre in the world … more
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
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
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
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
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