When a popular country performer like Tim McGraw or Jason Aldean teams up with a rap star like Nelly or Ludacis, controversy will often...

This group of students, named the Fisk Jubilee Singers, sung what was referred to as "Negro spirituals," which combined music from the...

Nashville’s Leader Among Men My favorite uncle, Maxwell Andrews, to me, was the single most prominent leader ever to come from Nashville....

Indulging His Passion for Feeding Nashville's Hungry Randy Rayburn may no longer roam the halls of Capital Hill on a daily basis, but the...

Celebrate Nashville When it named Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell Public Official of the Year in 2006, Governing magazine noted that...

Sounds & Visions Today, it’s impossible to imagine Nashville without its nickname. You know the one. Nearly everyone does. Nashville’s...

The Role of Women in the Creation of Metropolitan Government The 1950s and 1960s were a “golden age” of women’s political activism in...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly In 1963, the metro charter in Nashville was enacted after an emotional and long-fought battle. At the...

On the Same Wavelength: Jack DeWitt, Jr. was Nashville’s Thomas Edison. He did more to advance the early days of Nashville radio and to...