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The Wild Feathers Satisfy Old Tastes and New Cravings with Medium Rarities
When the coronavirus pandemic hit U.S. shores in early March, The Wild Feathers — Ricky Young, Joel King, Taylor Burns, Ben Dumas, and Brett Moore … more
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Former Mayor Bill Purcell On The 15th Anniversary Of The ’98 Tornado
What Makes Us Stronger: A Reflection From Philadelphia, my father called my office at Vanderbilt to tell me CNN had reported a tornado alert for … more
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Phil “The Road Mangler” Kaufman is good in the ’hood
He’s Been Everywhere, Man The rock ‘n’ roll universe is studded with legends and stories, and one of its brightest, most fascinating luminaries is a … more
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How Carol Williams Helped East Nashville Get Its Groove Back
Carol Williams didn’t want to live in a trashy neighborhood. Then her attorney husband suggested their family move to a dilapidated fixer-upper near a murder … more
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Justin Townes Earle: A Genre Unto Himself
Every time Justin Townes Earle put pen to paper to write a song, he left blood on the page. He left blood on the guitar … more
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Citizens, Kind
If you know me, you know I hate being the center of attention.” —Meg MacFadyen, May 31, 2019 It’s a sunny, late afternoon in Five … more
Cover Stories
Robyn Hitchcock
“I’m sort of surprised there aren’t more of me around,” Robyn Hitchcock muses, stirring an iced coffee at Bongo East on a blistering Nashville afternoon, … more
Cover Stories
Where Goes The Neighborhood?
New residential development is spreading through Nashville’s older neighborhoods like wildfire. Can the character of East Nashville be preserved as property values rise and gentrification … more
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The Lonely Bird in Shelby Bottoms
The summer heat hadn’t broken in late September for Jenny Piper’s habitual five-mile walk along the Shelby Bottoms Greenway when she saw it. “It moved … more