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How Nashville Became the Bombnew

How did Nashville get to be the 'It' city?
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley, Steve Haruch, Christine Kreyling, J.R. Lind, Elizabeth Jones, Ashley Spurgeon, Jack Silverman, D. Patrick Rodgers, Laura Hutson, Dana Kopp Franklin and Hannah Hyde |
02-08-2013 |
Culture
Tags: Nashville
Middle Tennessee Jazz Station Faces the Axnew
A dynamo run out of a small studio on a university campus, WMOT-89.5 FM has long been the beating heart of Middle Tennessee's jazz scene, serving as a conduit for gigs, concert info and artist exposure. But if threatened budget cuts go through soon, the only jam session in Jazz 89's future will be on harps.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
01-23-2009 |
Media
'Red State Update': From Obscurity to National Famenew

For less than two years, two fictitious Middle Tennesseans have hosted Red State Update, an internet show that uploads several times a week, usually in three-minute increments -- after an appearance on the CNN/YouTube Democratic Debate, they're all over the place.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
09-24-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Liberadio(!) Brings Liberal Talk to Nashville Radionew
After months of planning, co-hosts Mary Mancini and Freddie O'Connell have decided to challenge the old yap that commercial talk radio and progressive politics go together like peanut butter and failure.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
04-06-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio