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In this week’s issue of the Scene, we explore the impending mayoral election in several parts. We look at the race’s best known candidates, examine those who are vying for Nashville’s conservative vote, explore prominent local figures who are conspicuously...
This week's issue of the Scene is our annual Summer Guide, in which we point to the most enticing events going on this summer, and take a look at interesting folks from all over town. That includes artists, a drag...
In this week’s issue of the Scene, contributor Erica Ciccarone explores the art scene in historically black North Nashville. She speaks with members of the artists’ group Norf Art Collective, as well as business owners and community members who participate...
On May 1, Nashville will conclude one of the most significant public referendums it has ever held, on the most expensive municipal project the city has ever proposed: a citywide transit overhaul. The initiative, called Let’s Move Nashville, includes upgrades...
Songwriter John Prine has been making records for nearly 50 years. He’s won Grammys and Americana Music and Honors Awards, and over the years his avowed fans have included the likes of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and modern-day collaborators like...
A lot of hockey fans probably saw the Predators’ historic run to the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals as a fluke, a lucky break for the goofy catfish-throwin’ Southern town. But Smashvillians knew better. As tens of thousands of fans filled...
This week's issue of the Scene covers a lot of ground, beginning with the eighth annual Nashville Fashion Week. NFW kicks off on April 3 at OZ Arts, and NFocus editor and Scene Contributor Nancy Floyd chatted with all six...
For the Scene’s second annual food-industry survey, we made a list of chefs, general managers and owners at many of the best restaurants in town and made them a deal — we give you a list of questions, and all...
This week’s Scene cover package features two items — one looking at Nashville’s new mayor, David Briley, and another looking back on the scandal that brought down our former mayor, Megan Barry. For the latter, we spoke to NewsChannel 5’s Phil...
This week, we at the Scene present our annual People Issue, in which we talk to some of Nashville’s most interesting folks. You’ll meet mother and future student Seana Arrechaga, a soldier’s widow who doesn’t like how some people have appropriated...
In this week's cover package, we have a look at the state’s long and complicated relationship with cannabis — both industrial hemp, which can be grown by licensed farmers as part of a state pilot program, and marijuana, the use...
McKamey Manor, just an hour south of Nashville, holds frightening intrigue for thrill-seekers from all over the world. The notoriously extreme haunted house subjects willing visitors to activities that push them to their mental and physical limits, which are then...
Staff writer Amanda Haggard talks to journalist Radley Balko, who investigated the work of a Mississippi medical examiner named Steven Hayne, along with his dentistry sidekick Michael West. Balko discusses Hayne’s history and impact, which is darkly fascinating, as he...
The Scenecast is back to celebrate the pinnacle of love in America: The Bachelor. Staff writers Steven Hale and Stephen Elliott and NFocus editor (turned resident Bachelor expert) Nancy Floyd sit down to talk about Bachelors and Bachelorettes past and...
This week the Scene named the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee our 2017 Nashvillians of the Year for their work in supporting the nonprofit sector in Nashville. Executive Director Ellen Lehman talks with staff writer Steven Hale and editor Steve...
On today’s podcast, we talk to David Drobny, one of the people behind the Nashville Severe Weather Twitter account. A lawyer by trade, he turned his fascination with the weather into one of Nashville’s most viewed Twitters and, during severe...
Paul Kuharsky has spent the past two decades covering the Titans for The Tennessean and ESPN. And though he spends a few hours every day delivering his opinion on sports for 104.5-FM The Zone, he’s a Columbia Journalism School grad...
After two-term incumbent Bob Corker announced his retirement earlier this fall, Tennessee has turned into one of the most interesting Senate battlegrounds in the country. Staff writer Steve Hale and editor Steve Cavendish sat down with Nashville attorney and Democrat...
Two decades after Cyrus Wilson was convicted of murder, the case against him has fallen apart with four witnesses saying they lied at his original trial. Scene editor Steve Cavendish and staff writer Steven Hale discuss Wilson's case, how it...
On this week’s bonus Scenecast, managing editor D. Patrick Rodgers talks to longtime local country singer Margo Price about her powerful second solo record, All American Made, out now via Third Man Records. The two talk about the sophomore slump...
One of our favorite local bands, Bully, is releasing a new album this week — Losing will be out Fri., Oct 20 on Sub Pop — so culture editor Megan Seling sat down with singer/guitarist Alicia Bognanno to talk about...
Best Bagel? Best Place to Get Your Ass Kicked (in a good way)? Best Sandwich? Best Album? Best Cuddle Puddle? For our annual Best of Nashville issue, the Scene staff shares a few of their favorite BON’s and why they...
The Preds are back for a new season and our Hockey Outsider (Megan Seling) and our Hockey Insider (David Boclair) talk about the hangover from last year, new captain Roman Josi, who's going to step up this season and make...
In the wake of the NFL player protests during the national anthem, we talk with Andrew Maraniss, the author of "Strong Inside," the story of Perry Wallace and breaking the color barrier at Vanderbilt in the 1960s. The issues which...
On today’s pod, we’ve got a fascinating interview with attorney and local historian David Ewing, who’s been part of the Ryman Auditorium 125th anniversary project. Ewing talks to us about what he’s found, why the Ryman moved the "Confederate Gallery"...
Depeche Mode, the British band that played a key role in shepherding synth pop into the mainstream, hasn’t visited Music City since an under-attended stop at Starwood Amphitheater in 1988. But they had no trouble selling out Ascend Amphitheater for...
The Scene's Nancy Floyd and Steven Hale breakdown the one-night-only Bachelor in Paradise finale and Nancy has a theory about how this show is really just Saved By The Bell.
Amanda Shires is one of the most interesting people in music right now. She released her fifth solo album "My Piece of Land" to great acclaim last year, while maintaining her gig as a talented side player in her husband...
The Scene’s Steven Hale and Nancy Floyd debrief after the the penultimate week of "Bachelor in Paradise," breaking down Dean’s weapons-grade stupidity and our dashed hopes of #WellsForBachelor. Also, twins, the sadistic monsters that run this show and, with the...
We talk to James Peisker and Chris Carter of Porter Road Butcher about the state of meat in Nashville. It's been more than five years since they opened their independent, whole-animal butcher operation in East Nashville. What have they learned?...
The Scene's Steven Hale and Nancy Floyd discuss why Wells Adams seems like he's being groomed to be the next Bachelor. Also, they dig into the DeMario/Corinne allegations and the Stockholm Syndrome that the contestants feel.
Writer Steve Haruch talks about Nashvillian Koganada's new film "Columbus," the first feature from the local director. It's generated great critical buzz. How did a quiet movie about architecture in Indiana get made? And then Editor Steve Cavendish discusses Chinese...
WHY ARE THE NASHVILLIANS ON THE SHOW MAKING OUT?!?!?! Steven Hale and Nancy Floyd have theories and lots of questions about this week's Bachelor in Paradise episode, which includes Wells Adams getting in the game and a farewell to Danielle.
The solar eclipse is coming and Nashville is in its path. Managing Editor D. Patrick Rodgers talks about the hordes descending on Music City, the shadow snakes you might see, how to not burn your eyes and, most importantly, one...
Scene staffers Nancy Floyd and Steven Hale recap this season of ABC's Bachelor in Paradise, with special attention paid to the Nashville participants on the show. This week: Remember the rumors of sexual assault which shut down production of the...
In an era ruled by social media, who gets to decide what the city looks like? Tenacious residents who want authority over their own neighborhoods? Ambitious newcomers with visions of branding their way to fame? Or millennial tourists who line...
Nancy Floyd and Steven Hale with a quick recap of the finale of ABC's "The Bachelorette" and the awful things awful people do when they try to quickly fall in love on television.
These are the girls you’ve heard of — the girls you’ve literally heard. These are the Woo Girls, and they are everywhere, even on a suffocating night in Summer. Nashville Scene staff writer Steven Hale and nFocus editor (and Scene...
The Nashville Scene Cast is a weekly podcast from the Nashville Scene that explores relevant Nashville topics with voices from around the city. New episodes will upload on Thursdays. This week features an intro podcast, which touches on what topics future...
