The award-winning banjo player and producer Tray Wellington is known for breaking boundaries, infusing folk and bluegrass with jazz elasticity. His new album finds him flexing his hip-hop fluency.
Nashville artist Summer Joy has learned how to transcend boundaries with her voice
“Singing, honey, that is like breathing to me,” says Summer Joy. The emerging singer-songwriter released her debut EP, “Lessons in Love,” in March.
New trio The Cowgays embraces the queerness of ‘90s country music sensibilities
The Cowgays are a new openly gay country vocal trio. They’re just getting started, but the response thus far shows they’re connecting with a hungry audience.
How this Nashville LGBTQ choir celebrates 20 years of harmony
When Nashville in Harmony was founded in 2004, many of its members had to be discreet. 20 years later, it is known both locally and nationally.
Listen: Peak cicada? First-timers share their appreciation and grievances about the brood
WPLN News wanted to know how cicada first-timers were feeling as the bugs emerge, so turned to the newsroom newbies for their hopes — and fears.
Listen: Nashville high schoolers make space for observing Ramadan, educating peers and connecting more deeply with their faith
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan ends this week. This year, students at Overton High school in South Nashville worked with administration to provide more intentional spaces for students to fast and pray.
Cambodian cuisine creates a connection to culture
Sarong Vit-Kory was born in a refugee camp in Thailand in the early 1980’s and then immigrated to the United States. In recent years, she’s begun to explore and appreciate her Cambodian heritage, in part, through learning to cook traditional cuisine
‘Welcome to Arnold’s’: Inside the revival of a fan-favorite meat-and-three
Nashville’s beloved meat-and-three, Arnold’s, closed in January, but this week, it’s opening its doors again for a series of pop-ups.
Listen: The first day feelings at one Nashville elementary school
The first day of school is an exciting — and sometimes anxiety-inducing — event. Listen to WPLN’s audio postcard from Inglewood Elementary.
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