The Nashville Scene cover for 4/2/2026 depicts the Music City Loop dig site and title "Out of the Loop"
This week’s cover package on the Music City Loop: looking at The Boring Company’s track record, the tunnel’s environmental impact and the politics surrounding the project. www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/music-ci...
Preds score five goals (in the first period!) on the same day I publish this story? Guess I’m covering hockey now!
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Nashville Noticias reporter Estefany Rodríguez Flórez was released from ICE custody on Thursday, more than two weeks after she was arrested for allegedly overstaying a tourist visa.
Salvy catching that final pitch 🥲
Preds cleaned house and are still gonna steal a playoff spot.
I missed NHL hockey.
Go Preds.
Construction on the Music City Loop is fully underway despite vocal opposition from many Nashvillians and Metro and state Democrats. Meanwhile, Tennessee Republicans are pushing legislation to cement state control over the project.
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I got to write a story with a much-needed happy ending about a very special (and tough) mule named Earl.
(Spoiler: He's okay! And getting all the treats he wants.)
More than 100 protestors gathered outside of Tennessee State Museum tonight as state lawmakers and other top leaders in Tennessee politics — including Gov. Bill Lee and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn — attended a private reception to kick off this year’s legislative session.
And we still have 11 more playoff games after this.
RIP to the everyman in the Grateful Dead, the guy who was so much more than just "the other one."
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Photo of Bob Weir playing the guitar on stage. text reads Los Angeles Times obituary Bob Weir 1947-2026
Bob Weir, a founding member of countercultural icons the Grateful Dead known for his singular guitar playing, emotive singing and vibrant songwriting, has died at 78.
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Six people will read this and no one will care but that’s OK!! It needed to be said.
Man, I miss ETID. Look at this run! Five unstoppable albums!
Hot Damn!
Gutter Phenomenon
The Big Dirty
New Junk Aesthetic
Ex-Lives
Not sure I could name back-to-back skips on any of these?
Bulso wants to ban pride flags, takeaway discrimination protections and undermine same sex marriage in Tennessee.
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Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
Remembering Todd Snider, Raul Malo, Steve Cropper and other figures from the world of Nashville music who died in 2025.
We’re keeping tabs on/trying to verify ICE encounters in Nashville. If you see something, let us know.
I’m on signal at sgtaylor.01, email sgtaylor@nashvillepublicmedia.com or you can DM me.
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@stelliott.bsky.social is stephen.81
“I’ve always believed that music is one of the most powerful bridges that we have. It crosses cultures, politics ... languages — and sometimes, pain. In these past months I’ve had to fight battles I never imagined. But on the hardest days, music remained my companion.” — Raul Malo, RIP.
raul malo passing is...just very heartbreaking. a wonderful artist still at the top of his game, one unhindered by genre and any kind of pretension
Farewell to Raul Malo, the lead singer of the Mavericks, one of the greatest bands in country music in the last 30 years. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
RIP to the great Raul Malo.
Y’all haven’t *experienced* parasocial until you’ve seen a family of midwesterners root for their football team on Thanksgiving.
Wrote about Todd Snider, East Nashville and how the more things change, the more they change.
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Crank up ‘East Nashville Skyline’ today, y’all. RIP to a true folk hero.
Got ‘em.
That time of year!
