Nashville Scene

2010 Winter Arts Preview

Y2K. That much-anticipated turn of the millennium, when folks were stockpiling canned foods and awaiting the apocalypse, seems a lifetime away.

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Cover Story, Features, Nashville, Clark Whittington, Winston-Salem, Tennessee Performing Arts Center

2010 Winter Arts Preview: A Midwinter Night's Dream

Recession, shmecession — Nashville's theater scene is partying on, with Shakespeare, LaBute and everything in between

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Cover Story, Features, Nashville, Franklin, Belmont (New York), The Bronx

2010 Winter Arts Preview: Winter Wonderland

Bundle up, get out and enjoy the visual treasures awaiting you

• by David Maddox
• Tags: Cover Story, Features, Dane Carder, Jeff Green, Max Shuster, Alaska

2010 Winter Arts Preview: A Classic(al) Beauty

A piano legend, a genre-bending electric violinist and an Aesop's fable lead a strong winter slate of classical offerings

• by Russell Johnston
• Tags: Cover Story, Features, Leon Fleisher, P.D.Q. Bach, Nashville, Krzysztof Penderecki

2010 Winter Arts Preview: Fire, Blood and Stone

A sampling of the season's literary highlights

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Cover Story, Features, Tammy Wynette, Jimmy McDonough, Randall Kenan, James Baldwin

2010 Winter Arts Preview: Cool Movies

Armed with a new projection system, The Belcourt leads a surprisingly broad pack of local movie offerings this winter

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Cover Story, Features, Nashville, Vanderbilt University, Nashville Public Library, Toby Leonard

If the past is any guide, there's no mystery about how the Metro Council will vote on the convention center next week

• by Liz Garrigan
• Tags: Stories, Ronnie Steine, Stewart Clifton, Nashville, Phil Bredesen

Instead of a sight for sore eyes, a planned NES substation could turn Korean Veterans Boulevard into a site for eyesores

• by Christine Kreyling
• Tags: Stories, Mark Sturtevant, Music City Center, Paul Allen, Atlanta

What happens when you celebrate Elvis Presley's 75th birthday in Nashville? Not much, apparently.

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Stories, Elvis Presley, The Clash (Band), Nashville, Memphis

The great Earl Gaines lived to take his rightful place in Nashville R&B history

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Stories, Earl Gaines, Nashville, Ted Jarrett, Michael Gray

Is Kenny Chesney the proud new owner of a $9 million home? This and more in Headline Homes, our monthly roundup of sky-high real estate deals

• by E. Thomas Wood
• Tags: Headline Homes, Nashville, Michele Cooper Sellers, Emily DeCamp, Nina Davidson

Titans rookies got one hell of a welcome from the NFL

• by Terry McCormick
• Tags: Sports, AFC South Division, American Football Conference, Kenny Britt, National Football League

Love/Hate Mail

• Tags: Letters, Love/Hate Mail, Nashville, Youth Opportunity Center, Jeff Woods, Tennessee

When it rains, it pours in the Jowers household &mdash at least indoors

• by Walter Jowers

At the gym after New Year's, in a resolutionary war, it's the survival of the fittest

• by Lindsay Ferrier
• Tags: Suburban Turmoil, The Beastie Boys, Facebook Inc., Coca-Cola Classic, TiVo Inc.

In a Strange Move, Harold Ford Jr. Advocates Whipping People in Honor of MLK

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Politics, BDSM, child abuse, Harold Ford Jr, Martin Luther King Day

Today's Editorial Malpractice at The Tennessean

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Barry, Media, Greg Adkins, The Tennessean, Tom Lee

Morning Roundup: Gaylord Acts Like a Big Bully and Congressman Cohen Hangs Out with Cheech and Chong

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Killer French-Brit Noir Series Packs Heat Next Month at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Belcourt, British noir, French noir, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michael Powell, Nashville film series

Progressive Bloggers Watch in Awe as Harold Ford Magically Transforms

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Politics, God guns gays, GoldnI, Harold Ford Jr, Josh Marshall, Mike Turner, SamanthaY., Sean Braisted

City Paper Back in the (Occasional) Editorial Business

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Barry, Media, Chris Ferrell, City Paper, Liz Garrigan, SouthComm, Stephen George

The Maid: Good Help Is Hard to Find

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Catalina Saavedra, Golden Globes, Sebastian Silva, The Belcourt, The Maid, Video

Morning Roundup: Entire Audience Falls into Coma at Shocking First Gubernatorial Forum

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Does 'First to the Top Act' Set Up Mayor's School Takeover?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Education, Woods

Lamar Attacks! Whatever Happened to Finding the Good and Praising It?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Congress, Woods

Lane Kiffin Sewage Center Proposed, Tennessee Fans Not at All Obsessed With Lane Kiffin

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: By the Way, Sports, Lane Kiffin, not at all obsessed, not mad, sewage, Tennessee

Chronicle of a Life Foretold: Another Glimpse of Nashville's Post-MCC Future

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, Music City Center, Nashville's future, Roger Abramson, Southern Baptist Convention

Ronnie Steine Says 'Offensive' Hitler Video Backfired

• by Liz Garrigan
• Tags: Garrigan, Media, Politics, Metro Council, Music City Center, Ronnie Steine

Senate Passes 'Race to the Top' Legislation

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Council Committees Vote Thumbs Up on Music City Center, Fitch Ratings Votes Thumbs Down

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Breaking News, Fitch Ratings, Music City Center, Nashville Rating Watch Negative

Broadway Park: A Review

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Around Town, Phillips, Broadway Park, Metro Parks, Nashville park reviews

If You're Going to the Tea Party Convention, We'd Like to Send You an Email from Nigeria

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods, Video

Harold Ford: Ann Coulter's Favorite Democrat

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods, Video

Morning Roundup: Halley's Comet Moment Passes and Lawmakers Go Back to Business as Usual

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Newspapers Endorse Music City Center: Two More Reasons to Worry About This Project

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Woods

Hank Williams III Draws a Packed House at Layla's

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, Hank Williams III, Layla's Bluegrass Inn, punctuality, sold out

Morning Roundup: Council Falls Into Line on Big Day for Karl Dean

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Council Debate: 'If We Don't Build It, They Will Quit Coming'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Woods

Getting a Foothold on Presidential History: Johnston & Murphy Designs Shoes for Obama

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Presidential Politics, Silverman, Johnston & Murphy, Lincoln, Obama, shoes

A Hero for Our Times: TV News Director Stands Up to Arrogant Flack, Wussy Reporters

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Media, Sports, Woods, Video

If You Love Jesus, This Is Your Legislature

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Lawmakers Finally Find Something to Fight About in Special Session

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Devaney Slaps Democrats on Special Session But What About His Own Naysayers?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Education, Legislature, Politics, Woods

NY Times on the Coal Ash Conundrum That Shouldn't Be

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, coal ash, New York Times, Tennessee Valley Authority

Black Dynamite: "Guaranteed to Put Your Ass in Traction!"

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Black Dynamite, blaxploitation, Frank Dobson, Michael Jai White, Rudy Ray Moore, The Belcourt, The Human Tornado, Video

Lane Kiffin: Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Sports, Woods

What's Next for Post-MCC Nashville? Pith Consults the Spirit World, Sees Bad Omens for Homeless

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Woods

Morning Roundup: Legislature Does Something Smart and Halley's Comet Makes Unexpected Appearance

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Council Vote Aftermath: Who Should Fear Retribution?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Woods

Tennessean Gives $15K to Music City Center Cause

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Woods

Michael Eades' web-savvy DIY label YK Records bridges the physical-digital gap

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Features, Michael Eades, Brian Rogers, Nashville, Edison

Love for Nashville, hate for Nashville &mdash Jemina Pearl harbors them both.

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Features, Nashville, Jemina Pearl, be your own PET, Blondie (Band)

Mercy Lounge celebrates seven years, Kings of Leon rumors prove false, Slayer and Megadeth postpone

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Features, Nashville, Slayer (Band), John Fogerty, Manchester

Diarrhea Planet, Spanish Candles, Bad Cop, Till Plains, Kidsmeal and more

• Tags: The Spin, Nashville, Karius Vega, The Ramones, Belmont (New York)

Weekend Round-Up: I'm With Coco Style Part 2

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, arctic snap, weekend round-up

New 'Song' From 'Smashing Pumpkins'

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: National Skyline, Wow, co-write credit from girlfriend Jessica Simpson?, Corgan fetus, severe disappointment, Smashing Blumpkins, WTF forever

Neil Hamburger to Play The End, Feb. 1

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Neil Hamburger, The End, you've got to be joking, Video

Road Trip to Memphis: Jay Reatard Funeral, Investigation Updates

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream, National Skyline, funeral service, homicide?, Jay Reatard, Memphis

Road Trip to Indio, Calif.: Coachella Lineup Announced

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: National Skyline, Coachella, You had me at Public Image Limited

New Three-Dollar iPhone App Can Make You Look Like You're Talented

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, iPhone apps, Video

Taylor Swift Parody, Mercy Lounge Secrecy, Sunset Bros. Immediacy [Newsy Bits]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, Mercy Lounge, sparkly abstinence werewolves, Taylor Swift

Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift, The Dead Weather and More Chart in Pazz and Jop 2009

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, Nashville bands, not everyone's a critic, Pazz and Jop, polls, Village Voice

Mercy Lounge's Rock 'n' Roll Team Trivia Moves to Mondays, Resumes Tonight, Before Fleetwood Mac 8 off 8th

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Fleetwood Mac, Mercy Lounge, Road to Bonnaroo, Rock 'n' Roll Team Trivia, The Fucking Champs

Madonna Plays Pantera

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, How have I never seen this?, Madonna, Madonna shreds, Wut the fuck? Either she's trippin' or I'm trippin', Video

Hang the DJs: Former Incubus DJ Threatens to Kill Current Incubus DJ

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Creamtastic, active rock, death threats, DJs, Incubus, Kickboxer, restraining orders

Missed Connections: Blonde Redhead Edition

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Creamtastic, blonde redhead, Mercy Lounge, missed connections, pool tables and their innate sexiness, The Basement

Tuesday Antidote: Wax Fang Ardent Sessions

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Creamtastic, Ardent, epic, Exit/In, new album?, Wax Fang

Downloads: And Selby Jase, JEFF the Brotherhood, Spider Virus & More

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, And Selby Jase, downloads, JEFF the Brotherhood, Millionaire Magicians, Quiet Entertainer, Spider Virus

Vote or Die: Grimey's and Halcyon Both Nominated for $35K Small Business Grant

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, do it!, Grimey's, Halcyon, Totes McGoats, Totes Votes, Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy

Joanna Newsom to Play Mercy Lounge Mar. 28

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, harpists, Joanna Newsom, Mercy Lounge, quiet please, Ys: 2012

Happy Birthday, Dolly Parton

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Creamtastic, birthdays, Dolly Parton, Video

Black Metal Documentary Until the Light Takes Us Coming to The Belcourt Feb. 5

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Moving Pictures, black metal, corpse paint, Mayhem, metal, The Belcourt, Until the Light Takes Us, Video

Magic Wands Make Buddyhead's Best of 2009 List

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: National Skyline, Buddyhead, cue comment from Insider, The Magic Wands, the snobbery hall of fame

Mercy Lounge's Epic (and Free) Seven-Show Anniversary Celebration, Jan. 16-23

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Anniversaries, bra-hams, Mercy Lounge, Ouch! My wig!, seven shows in eight days

YK Records, Jemina Pearl and More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, ecstatic piece, Jemina Pearl, Michael Eades, Yewknee, YK Records

Digital Guitar Lets You Get More Bloopy With Your Wanky

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Moving Pictures, digital guitar, Misa, purists, shredding, Video

Gaines and Loss: Remembering Earl Gaines, Legendary Nashville Soul Singer

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Liner Notes, Earl Gaines, F2K, Night Train to Nashville, obits, Ted Jarrett

Taylor Swift Ain't Got Nothin' on Caitlin Rose Now [YouTube Tributes]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Moving Pictures, Caitlin Rose, do you like American music too baby, long distance crushes, Michigan, Video

Hockey to Play Mercy Lounge Mar. 23

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, dance dance dance, Hockey, icing, Mercy Lounge, Solid Gold, Video

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 8

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, 1992 Ford Tempo, Aircraft carrier of laughs, Bootstraps: The Tour!, built-in nut-groper, If you can't cure your H1N1 with your own bootstraps then I don't want to talk to you!, Kim Jong-Il totes <3s Bad Cop, Robert Power Plant, The Chris Crofton Show

Weekend Round-Up: I'm With Coco Style Part 1

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Glam Night, I'm gonna hit this city, I'm with Coco, Jay The Jaw Leno is a bone-muncher, Jemina Pearl, The Ettes, weekend round-up

Bonnaroo 2010: Which Bands Are Playing? Me Neither! Pants on the Ground!

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Bonnaroo, Cream Calendar, 2010, Bonnaroo, look at all these rumors, Would Pete Townshend have to register as a sex offender in Tennessee?

Jemina Pearl at The End, 1/15/10

• by CreamMaster
• Tags: The Spin, Brad, Daniel Pujol, Jemina Pearl, The End, The Spin's login is broken

Happy MLK Day + A Timely Think Piece From Daniel Pujol

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, National Skyline, Daniel Pujol, Martin Luther King Jr., Things that I do or indirectly do by doing NOTHING will affect people

Everything's peachy about Green Hills hot spot YOLOS, with one exception: the food

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Reviews, Oreo Cookies, Bowling Green, Hill Center, YOLOS

Jammed Jimmy Kelly's Offers Restaurant Week Rainchecks

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Good advice, Restaurants, historic restaurants, Jimmy Kelly's Steakhouse, Nashville history, Nashville Originals, Restaurant Week

Supa Hot at Taco Mamacita

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, First Bite, hot sauce, Mexican food in Nashville, Mexican restaurants in Nashville, spicy food, Taco Mamacita

Take Flyte for Beer School and Happy Hour

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Cheap Eats, Drinks, Happy Hour, antipasti, beer, beer pairings, classes, Flyte World Dining and Wine, happy hours, New Belgium, school, wine

Reader in Search of Exotic Lipid

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Foods, Retail, butchery, caul fat, fat, foods, groceries, offal, retail

Chef Charlie Trotter Gallops Into Town

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: News, People, Billy Ray Hearn, Charlie Trotter, Nfocus

Treasured Culinary Possessions

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Kitchen Gear, beverages, old stuff, quasi food-related topics, soft drinks

Risen to the Top of the Yum List

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Foods, breads, breakfast, Britannia waives the rules, dairy products, devon cream, English food, toast, Whole Foods Market

Welcome, Sugar! Diana's Sweet Shoppe Is Here

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Restaurant openings

Dine With the Chef at Miro District

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Restaurants, Chef's table, Joe Shaw, Miro, Miro District

Cookie Time Innovations: Bundle Buy, Throwback and Cookie Hook-Up

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Foods, News, cookies, Girl Scout cookies, Kroger, marketing, Samoas

Wandering Wino: Busy, Busy, Busy

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Drinks, Wine, Amerigo, Bacchanalian Society, discounts, liquor stores, margaritas, Nashville Wine and Spirits, TPAC, Wandering Wino, wine, wine tastings

Americans: Now 19 Pounds Bigger!

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Good advice, American diet, Americans' health, calories, extra calories, fat, nutrition, obesity, U.S health statistics

Shreeji Grocery Moving, Rules for Coconut Busting, and More Farmers Market News

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, Cheap Eats, ethnic groceries, farmers' markets in Nashville, Indian grocery stores in Nashville, Jeff Themm, Nashville Farmers Market

Our Weekly Open Thread IS a Nashville Original

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Open Thread, books, coupons, knives, Nashville Originals, open thread, Pineapple Room, restaurant week, wine

Two Fingers Up for YOLOS' Kids Menu

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Foods, chicken fingers in Nashville, Fox Family Chicken Finger Index, kids menus, YOLOS

Lunch and Dinner at Mambu

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Restaurants, Anita Hartel, Corey Griffith, lunch specials, Mambu, Nashville Originals, Restaurant Week

Wine Wednesday: Getting Saucy

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Barbara Nowak, Beverly Wichman, The Saucy Sisters, Wine class, Wine tastings, Wine Wednesday

Welcome, Sugar! Diana's Sweet Shoppe Is Here

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Benjamin Goldberg, candy store, Gibson Guitar, Max Goldberg, Olive & Sinclair, Pied Piper Creamery

Tom Ford's exquisite, shallow A Single Man is an empty but impeccable funeral suit

• by Steve Erickson
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Tom Ford, Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, The Weinstein Company

Black Dynamite and Broken Embraces

• by Ron Wynn and Noel Murray
• Tags: Short Takes, Column, Michael Jai White, Pedro Almodovar, Scott Sanders, Eastman Kodak Company

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band at The Schermerhorn

Jazz Ambassadors

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Allan Jaffe, New Orleans, Albert-George Schram, Cincinnati

Boombox w/This Is Art at 12th & Porter

Put Me on Your Stereo

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, The Grateful Dead, Donna Jean Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Muscle Shoals

ARTini: Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times at the Frist

Georgia on My Mind

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Georgia O'Keeffe, Anne Taylor, Ansel Adams, Arthur Dove

Streetlight Allstars w/The Tunnel Clones at The Rutledge

In the City

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Memphis, Samantha Blanchard, Murfreesboro, South Bronx

Jimmy Stewart and Friends at Station Inn

It's a Wonderful Life

• by Jon Weisberger
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Brooks & Dunn, The SteelDrivers

The Tao of Cellocycling in Vandy's Ingram Art Center, Space 204

Cello Operator

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Noah Walcutt, Frank Zappa, Steve Allen, YouTube LLC

Better Than Ezra at The Wildhorse

Still Sticking It to Ezra

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Better Than Ezra, VH1 Television Network

Kenny and Amanda Smith at Station Inn

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

• by Jon Weisberger
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Amanda Smith, Trent Callicutt, Zak McLamb

Nite Nite CD Release feat. The Worsties & DJ Ichabod at The End

NIte Nite Moon

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Siouxsie & The Banshees, U2, Nashville, Peter Hook

John Pinette at Zanies

Comedy

• by Julie Seabaugh
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, John Pinette, Howie, Parker Lewis

Martin Luther King Commemorative Series

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Bob Moses, Rita Bender, Wayne Riley, Mississippi

The Tempest at Belmont's Troutt Theater

Sprightly Fare

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Denice Hicks, Nashville, William Shakespeare, Centennial Park

The 101 Dalmatians the Musical

15 Dalmatians

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Dodie Smith, B.T. McNicholl, Cruella De Vil, Dennis DeYoung

The Coolin' System at The Basement

Cool It Now

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jack McDuff

Peace and Community Workshop at Scarritt-Bennett

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Joe Agne, White Plains

The Diary of Anne Frank at NCT's Hill Theatre

Docu-Drama

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Bobby Wyckoff, Henry Haggard, Peter Vann

MLK Day March to TSU Convocation

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Kelly Miller Smith, Gentry Center, Nashville Christian Leadership Council

The Little Dog Laughed Reading at W.O. Smith School

Tabloid Tale

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, David Compton, Douglas Carter Beane, Lauren Shouse, Marin Miller

Homeschool Yearbook: 2006-2009 at the Nashville Ballet's Frist Museum

She Blinded Me With Science

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jaimie Raybin, Nashville, Nick Stolle

International Lens: The Yacoubian Building

Cairo Confidential

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Egypt, Alaa Al Aswany, Cairo (Egypt), Claire Sisco King

Talcum Fables at gallery F

Talcum in the Middle

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Jaime Raybin, Jenny Luckett, Mahlea Jones

Music of the Regal and Profound at Christ Church Cathedral

Kingly and Weighty

• by Russell Johnston
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jon Johnson, Nashville, Cesar Franck, Dietrich Buxtehude

Le Combat Dans L'Ile at The Belcourt

Locque and Load

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Alain Cavalier, Bernardo Bertolucci, Henri Serre, Jean-Louis Trintignant

A Family Affair at Darkhorse Theater

Romantic Issues

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, India, Covington, Jene India, Kenneth Dozier

Michael McBride's Patterns and Beat at the Tennessee Arts Commission

Collide-O-Scope

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Michael McBride

Brett Rosenberg and the Joiners at The Basement

Join Them

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Chris Crofton, Eric McConnell, Jack White

Thomas Hart Benton and the Sounds of Americana at The Frist

Folked Up

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Thomas Hart Benton, Ben Sanders, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University

The Scott Holt Band at Third & Lindsley

Buddy's Guy

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Scott Holt, Buddy Guy, Chicago, Nashville

Quiet Entertainer w/Get Got & The Billy Goats at Mercy Lounge

Hip-Hop Happenin'

• by Lance Conzett
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, 1782

Mike Bub at Station Inn

Bub's the Word

• by Jon Weisberger
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Mike Bub, Charlie Cushman, Chris Henry, Jeff White

In the new collection, An Angle of Vision, edited by Lorraine Lopez, women writers speak across the boundaries of class

• by Maria Browning
• Tags: Books, Lorraine Lopez, Joy Castro, Dorothy Allison, Vanderbilt University