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Curious Nashville: What happened to the ancient Mississippian town at the site of the Brentwood Library?
10+ hour, 5+ min ago (1303+ words) Much of Middle Tennessee's important Native American history has been lost or disturbed by development. This has prompted listeners like Kelly Cannon to wonder what's been lost. She asked Curious Nashville about something she'd heard from a colleague: " that when…...
Key Changes: So many music halls of fame, so many opinions
10+ hour, 28+ min ago (639+ words) It's that time of year when music halls of fame make their big announcements. And since everyone tends to have their own definition of musical greatness and who embodies it, people have opinions. I've grown accustomed to hearing fellow writers,…...
Restaurant closing time? Not so fast
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (181+ words) You could start listing the locally owned restaurants that have closed already this year and tell a pretty dire story: Margot, Varallos, Pelican & Pig. And we're just three months into the year. But restaurants that are part of out-of-town investment…...
Listen: Voices from Nashville's Main Library reopening
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (519+ words) After nine months of closure, Nashville's Main Library reopened Monday. The downtown library closed in June after a fire erupted in the adjoining parking garage. NPL had initially targeted an opening date one month later, but the closure was soon…...
A standout alt-country album from Nashville appliance repairman Ovven
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (1150+ words) Keep WPLN Here for Good Nashville's Ovven financed his fantastic new album, "Gnawing at the Cord," one broken dryer at a time. With money from his work as an appliance repairman, he hired an in-demand producer and made a guitar-laden…...
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Racing or housing? Fairgrounds debate reaches Metro’s charter commission
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (786+ words) Keep WPLN Here for Good The proposal to remove auto racing at the Fairgrounds and instead build affordable housing at the site has cleared its first hurdle. The Metro Charter Revision Commission approved the proposal Thursday on its second consideration....
A professor’s quest to bring music and medicine together in the ICU
1+ week, 1+ day ago (224+ words) Keep WPLN Here for Good Music therapy has been broadly adopted in healthcare, but live performances rarely make their way into an intensive care unit. The ICU is where Dr. Joseph Schlesinger is hoping to change that " showing music doesn't…...
Exclusive: Unreleased music from phenomenon Chuquimamani-Condori debuting on WNXP
1+ week, 2+ day ago (307+ words) Keep WPLN Here for Good Chuquimamani-Condori will play never-heard-before edits and unreleased original music on Friday night from 8 " 9PM CT live on WNXP. Plus, there's a special announcement about their band, Los Thuthanaka, ahead of their tour in Europe this April....
Nashville's buried Native American history and the repatriation movement
1+ week, 3+ day ago (257+ words) Keep WPLN Here for Good Much of Middle Tennessee's important Native American history has been disturbed by development. This has prompted listeners like Kelly Cannon to wonder what's been lost. She asked Curious Nashville about something she'd heard about the…...