Next Big Nashville has Belmont roots

In 1950, David Cobb first used the phrase “Music City USA” to describe Nashville during a broadcast on WSM-AM. The radio station was established in 1925 and quickly made a name for itself—and for Nashville—when it laid the foundations for Grand Ole Opry in the very same year. Since then, the...

September 9th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Alumni ‘Coming Home’ for Sept. 20 showcase

Some old faces will return to Belmont Sept. 20 for the first annual Coming Home for a Cause Showcase. The event will take place at the Curb Event Center and feature alumni including Abby Burke and the Manly Band, King Billy, Sam & Ruby and Andy Davis. The concert is free and open to the public....

September 3rd, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Henry Rollins talks politics

Whether it is The Decemberists opening for a Barack Obama speech in Portland or Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee endorsing John McCain, musicians have become more present in presidential politics than they have been in recent memory. Over the coming weeks, until Election Day, the Vision will present...

September 2nd, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Next Big Nashville takes local music to the mainstream

Nashville’s music scene is often unfairly pigeonholed as simply a haven for aspiring country musicians, all hoping to get discovered playing in a bright neon honkytonk on Broadway or at the Bluebird’s open mic night. The city’s reputation as being a music town isn’t because of the country music...

August 22nd, 2008 | A&E | Read More

“The Searchers” inspires two at Nashville Film Festival

In John Ford’s “The Searchers”, John Wayne plays a Civil War veteran who spends years searching for his niece, who was captured in a Comanche raid. Through out his journey, questions regarding the nature of justice, racism and the motivation for violence are explored and over time, the...

May 22nd, 2008 | A&E | Read More

M.I.A. brings multi-cultural dance music to City Hall

Cinco de Mayo was originally celebrated in honor of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín, who, with his Mexican army, defeated the French in 1862 at the Battle of Puebla. Although the French took Mexico City five years later, the holiday remains in popular culture as a celebration of Mexican culture and...

May 7th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

William H. Macy’s ‘Deal’ opens 2008 Nashville Film Festival

The 39th Nashville Film Festival opened on a joke that we’ve all heard in some permutation. “Did you hear the one about the rabbi, the movie producer and the studio executive who walk into a bar?” “The Deal,” starring Meg Ryan and William H. Macy (who also co-wrote and produced the film), extends...

April 24th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

De Novo Dahl has major label CD

When the band was founded in 2001, it is highly unlikely that anyone in De Novo Dahl expected that seven years later they would be signed to one of the most prolific metal labels in the business. Considering that Roadrunner Records is filled with bands named things like “DevilDriver” and “Cradle...

April 3rd, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Pearl Jam, Metallica on tap for Bonnaroo

Since its inauguration in 2002, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has slowly evolved from its jam band roots into a diverse monster of a music festival. Now, in 2008, the festival is at its most eclectic with artists ranging from gypsy punks Gogol Bordello to rappers Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco. The...

March 16th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Pumpkins not quite ’smashing’

When Billy Corgan announced that the Smashing Pumpkins would be getting back together after their break up in 2000, I responded with immediate chagrin. I knew from the get-go that James Iha would never return to the band and that D’arcy Wretzky had disappeared into the ‘90s rock ‘n’ roll abyss...

November 29th, 2007 | A&E | Read More

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