Chelsea Kaiah James
Why aren't there any ears sculpted onto the presidents of Mt. Rushmore? Because American doesn't know how to listen. - Unkown
Articles
Can You Dig It?
How urban farming nonprofit Trap Garden is working to eradicate Nashville’s food deserts
Double Scoop of Happiness
Kokos Ice Cream creators Jerusa van Lith and Sam Brooker want to show you just how good ice cream can be.
Home Sweet Home
Joy Williams returns to Nashville and to a timeless sound
Just The Two Of Us
Darren and Stacy King are rebuilding the family band one track at a time as Sucré
Journey to the Center of the Palate
With Chaatable,Chef Maneet Chauhan and her husband and partner, Vivek Deora, have brought the street food of their Indian childhood to the streets of Nashville
The Dance Club
Take Lucy Negro, Redux—Caroline Randall Williams’ Shakespeare-inspired book of poetry about black identity and womanhood—add the Nashville Ballet, plus music from Rhiannon Giddens, and what do you get? One of the most groundbreaking events in the country
Ain’t No Tater High Enough
An afternoon selling potatoes with Potato Mountain 615
Why Not?
After a decade in the music industry, synth duo Biyo is marching to the beat of their own (808) drum
The Art of Seclusion
After writing in an abandoned rubber band factory for three months, Nashville native and roots-rock poet Rayland Baxter has emerged with Wide Awake, a politically charged anti-manifesto that’s still fun enough to play at a backyard cookout
Happy Place
Following his Hap EP, creative powerhouse Groh is finally making art on his terms
Speak for Yourself
Nashville Youth Poet Laureate Haviland Whiting doesn’t shy away from the truth—and she wants other teens to follow her lead.
A Piece of the Pie
NATIVE sits down with Margo Price ahead of her three-night run at the Ryman
From Somalia, With Love
Somali-owned The Horn Coffee spreads acceptance—and some damn good sambusas—on Murfreesboro Pike
I Wanna Be That Cool
Singer-songwriter Sophie Allison, a.k.a. Soccer Mommy, on her debut album and being okay with being vulnerable
Where There’s Weird, There’s a Way
Inside the bizarro folk art world of Brett Douglas Hunter
Up, Up and Away
Inside the world of ever-evolving alternative R&B artist Kiya Lacey
No Apologies
Jessica Lea Mayfield emerges as an advocate on "Sorry is Gone," her bravest—and best—album yet
Sugar-Free
Daniella Mason aims to move your heart and your feet (in that order) with her new self-titled LP
Lover’s Quarrel
For his full-length debut, Careless Soul, Cale Tyson breaks up with classic country and moves on to a sound straight out of Muscle Shoals
No Excuses
Those Darlins’ Linwood Regensburg interviews his former bandmate Jessi Zazu ahead of her upcoming art exhibit in Wedgewood-Houston
Framily Matters
HOW R.LUM.R WENT FROM BEING AN ANGRY KID IN FLORIDA TO THE VOICE ON YOUR FAVORITE PLAYLIST
The Beach Business
INSIDE THE BLISSED OUT WORLD OF BIG SURR, NASHVILLE’S PREMIERE (LANDLOCKED) SURF ROCKERS
Alive! and Acoustic
PETER FRAMPTON DISCUSSES HIS ADOPTED HOME OF NASHVILLE, GOING ACOUSTIC, AND THE (INEVITABLY) ENDURING LEGACY OF THE TALK BOX
Artist Spotlight: Brian Wooden
BRIAN WOODEN IS A VISUAL ARTIST AND MUSICIAN FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO. HE DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS POLITELY CYNICAL, AND HE’S INTO THE COLOR PINK AT THE MOMENT. HE LIKES POETRY BUT THINKS IT'S BULLSHIT, AND HIS CURRENT SERIES DEALS WITH FRAGMENTATION AND LAYERS.
Country Boys Can Survive
A PEEK INTO NASHVILLE'S SKATEBOARDING COMMUNITY
School of Pop
After three years of study under Justin Timberlake, The Shadowboxers are ready to make you rethink contemporary pop.
Sweet Mercy
Amanda Shires’ My Piece of Land Maps the Craziness of Becoming a Mom
The Odyssey of Wu
Master composer and musician Wu Fei shares about love, a beautiful ancient instrument, and the freedom of true improvisation
Just Like Starting Over
Wardrobe Stylist: Stephanie Thorpe HMU: Kristen Carbine
Failing Tenth Grade Chorus (and Other Rumors)
A look inside the superstitious, sedulous, and often scandalous world of Nikki Lane
The Rhinestones Show, I Took The Blows, And Did It My Way
Manuel Cuevas on a lifetime of design
It’s a Tennessee Thang
Last year, Isabel Simpson-Kirsch made waves with her Lil B inspired fashion line. Now, she’s keeping it Based with Ten-A-Key, a collection influenced by hip-hop from her home state
Not Her First Time
Kelsey Waldon on growing up in a hunting lodge, classic country, and recording her new album, I’ve Got a Way
Sister Act
Sisters Alexis and Britt Soler have turned an old boiler room into Nashville's most unique cocktail bar. You just have to find it