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The Jazz Beat: March 2024

Hello, all, and welcome back to this regular column here at Music City Review. Here, we will update you with the most can’t-miss jazz events happening in Music City, so you can be sure to catch all your favorites, as well as discover new ones along the way. Get out there and support your local musicians and keep Music City thriving! This Month’s Highlights I’d like to begin by highlighting right up top some of the more unique events happening this month that I think you’ll be interested in. These include shows and acts that you won’t find as regularRead More

Chicago comes to TPAC

In 2014, when I was a college sophomore, MTSU brought a vanful of music students to sit in the nosebleeds at TPAC’s Jackson Hall, and I saw my first-ever liveRead More

John Alvey, Album Release Show, Nashville Jazz Workshop, Saturday, January 25, 7:30 p.m.

It isn’t very often that the terms “restrained” and “tactful” signify strong praise for a jazz album, but that’s the overall impression that the aptly-titled “Loft Glow,” released late lastRead More

Coming to the Nashville Opera

H.M.S. Pinafore to Set Sail!

As the Nashville Opera prepares to stage H.M.S. Pinafore (formally titled H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor), the Music City Review is happy to offer a previewRead More

Martha Graham returns to Nashville—at least in spirit!

On January 31 and February 1, as part of their amazing International Dance Series Season Package, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is presenting the Martha Graham Dance Company. FoundedRead More

Coming in the New Year!

The Jazz Beat — January, 2025

This Month’s Highlights Here you’ll find the shows and events this month that I think are the real standouts, unique events that you won’t find every day in the city.Read More

Start 2025 with Peter Pan!

Already almost entirely sold out, Broadway’s Peter Pan is coming to TPAC to start 2025 off with fairy dust and pirates! This high-flying musical has been thrilling audiences of allRead More

Unique in Nashville

IndigeNash Festival ’24

On November 24th, I received the opportunity to attend the IndigeNash Festival hosted by The Forge. IndigeNash is a Native American arts festival featuring artists in several disciplines including art,Read More

At Oz Arts

Emma Sandall’s “An Ambivalent Woman of 37”

The environment was subtle but remarkably complementary. Outside, in the OzArts hallways was an exhibit of maleness, custom-designed meershaum pipes and handcrafted humidors, all in exotic woods and other materials.Read More

The Cumberland Winds Jazz Project

An Evocative Trip Back to the Forties: Radio Days at the Roxy

Tucked away in various spots throughout Tennessee are delightfully unexpected bits of entertainment. Annually, the Cumberland Winds Jazz Project (JP) in Clarksville, provides a creative re-creation of old-time radio shows.Read More

Global Music at the Schermerhorn

Silkroad Ensemble Presents American Railroad

With a mission to, “create music that engages difference, sparking radical cultural collaboration and passion-driven learning for a more hopeful and inclusive world,” the Silkroad Ensemble’s newest initiative, American Railroad,Read More