Nashville Scene

Looking a Gift Horse

City rejects Music Row fountain

• by Donna Dorian Wall
• Tags: Features, Features, Phil Bredesen, Nashville, David Manning, Gerald Nicely

Autodidact

Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance matures into "Pebble Beach East"

• by Marc K. Stengel
• Tags: Features, Features, Brit Brian Redman, Amelia Island, Mercedes-Benz International Inc., Targa Florio

Love/Hate Mail

Life Preserver

• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Mammoth Cave, Philip Ray, Robert Glen

Symbolism or Substance?

What kind of mayor will Bill Purcell become?

• by Liz Murray Garrigan
• Tags: Features, Features, Bill Purcell, Dick Fulton, David Manning, Nashville

The Fabricator

'Tennessean' to sell Coe T-shirts

• Tags: Features, Features, Robert Glen Coe, The Tennessean Newspaper, AFC South Division, American Football Conference

The Opposite Sex

Gimme some skin!

• by Danny Solomon and Ben Taylor
• Tags: Features, Features, New Orleans, Nashville, Woodstock, Rolodex Office Products

Editorial

Board Approved

• Tags: Features, Features, David Shearon, Deidre Macnab, George Blue, Bob Crouch

Page Turner

Nashville writer Sallie Bissell keeps readers in suspense with her forth-coming novel

• by Michael Sims, photos by Susan Adcock
• Tags: Features, Features, Lolita Bissell, Nashville, Sallie Bissell, Robbie Anna Hare

The Week That Was

Death watch

• Tags: Features, Features, Robert Glen Coe, Richard Nixon, Southeastern Conference, Tennessee Volunteers

Post-primary Spin

The parties offer meaningless analysis of last week's election

• by Liz Murray Garrigan
• Tags: Features, Features, Al Gore, George W. Bush, Tennessee, John McCain

List

• Tags: Features, Features, Robert Glen Coe, Anafranil, Zoloft, Desyrel

Artists' Statement

Trio turns its musical approach inside out—but with the same winning results

• Tags: Stories, Yo La Tengo, Richard Nixon, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan

Ax Picks

Ryman concert pays tribute to legedary guitarists

• Tags: Stories, Duane Eddy, Grady Martin, Johnny Cash, Nashville

Over the Top

Jay-Z's dazzling, if disturbing, hip-hop is fraught with fear and paranoia

• by Bill Friskics-Warren
• Tags: Stories, Jay-Z, Sean Carter, Roc-A-Fella Records LLC, Island Def Jam Music Group

Homemade Beauty

Books about folk art reveal the broad range of expression in this oft-misunderstood, ill-defined genre

• by Diann Blakely
• Tags: Stories, William Edmondson, Robert Farris Thompson, Bill Traylor, Robert Gwathmey

Uncommon Threads

Show of weaving reveals remarkable breadth, use of color and texture

• by Angela Wibking
• Tags: Stories, Nashville, Ruby Green, Ruby Green Contemporary Arts Foundation, Jeanne Brady

Right to Work

'Rosetta' unsentimentally portrays one girl's struggle for economic and emotional survival

• Tags: Stories, Erin Brockovich, Steven Soderbergh, Julia Roberts, Richard Vetere

Well-Spoken

The Rep offers another winner with French romantic classic

• Tags: Stories, Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand, David Grapes, Comte de Guiche

Live to Tell

Neko Case's arty, and artful, take on country music

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Stories, Neko Case, Tacoma (Washington), Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn

Separate Rooms

Concerts offer varying definitions of chamber music

• Tags: Stories, Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Conni Ellisor, Johann Sebastian Bach, Cesar Franck

Stand and Deliver

Committee debates removing downtown news racks

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Trento, Indianapolis, David Hudson, The Tennessean Newspaper

No Rules

Licenses and codes inspections don't mean diddly for new-house construction

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Walter Jowers, Tonka Trucks, Bruce Mott, Lynn Williams

Close to Home

Music Row eatery plays it safe, but with inconsistent food and service

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Rita Figlio, Joel Solomon, Mike Figlio, Saul Steinberg