Break-up songs: Pt.1 and Pt. 2

This theme doesn’t need an introduction, not really. What huge proportion of recorded music is about the end of relationships? You really came through with requests, so we stretched this one over two weeks, also. Listen to both shows here, where you can stream the archives (👇). We welcome your stories and requests anytime at […]

Find a city, find yourself a city to live in

Nashville Public Radio recently launched a new daily update to keep Middle Tennesseans in-the-know about regional and national news, plus all the Music Discovery goodness happening over here on WNXP. In celebration of this spotlight on our fair city — and I hope you’ll sign up to receive The NashVillager here — we took a […]

‘Where am I going to be free to be who I am?’

At Monday night’s Love Rising event in Nashville, Tenn., artists including Allison Russell, Jason Isbell, Maren Morris, Joy Oladokun and Amanda Shires, along with drag artists, united against new legislation targeting drag performances and transgender people.

Our favorite records of 1993

This week we are going back in time for our Record(s) of the Week. Because of our ’90s themed Spring Fund Drive coming up, WNXP hosts have chosen our favorite records from 1993. For some musical context, the song that spent the most time at the top of the Billboard charts in 1993 was “I […]

Molly Rankin from Alvvays goes into ‘Blue Rev’

Alvvays’ new album, “Blue Rev” set a new benchmark for the genre of power pop, said Pitchfork in their glowing review of the Toronto band’s third album. And they are right, “Blue Rev” shimmers at 14 songs and a tight 39 minutes. The album took over five years, and in this interview Rankin reminds us […]

For Caitlin Rose, making music has to feel right. On ‘CAZIMI,’ her long-time pals helped get her there.

Caitlin Rose is the first to arrive at the neighborhood pub.  “We usually sit kind of in the back,” she says, gesturing toward the porch where music blares from the PA. “There’s this one long table, but they’re jamming out over there.”  She used to pop in fairly often, but now considers herself more of a “surprise regular”: […]