Nashville Arts Magazine

On the Horizon | Ensworth High School

Students Share Larger-than-Life Aspirations

At Ensworth High School, the arts curriculum is based on a foundation of understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment. An environment of open creativity and respect for the arts, students say, allows Ensworth students to find their passions and provides an atmosphere where students feel comfortable pursuing their dreams.

Musician Calvin Settles II,…

03.1.2010 | MUSIC, NEWS, PEOPLE, PERFORMING, PHOTOGRAPHY, THEATER, VISUAL ART

Marty Stuart | Bringing It All Back Home

America’s back roads, littered with colorful characters and towns that the poet of the common man Merle Haggard once deemed “the forgotten” people and places, have served as a seedbed of inspiration for artist Marty Stuart on many a heartland journey. With the breakneck speed at which the world is changing,…

02.3.2010 | MUSIC, PEOPLE

Anything Goes | Dennis Morgan

What characteristic do you most like about yourself?

Consistency, the routines that I have been able to establish in my life, with the help of others, of course.

And what do you like least?

That I can’t become invisible.

What was the last book you read?

The Last Night of the Earth Poems by…

12.7.2009 | MUSIC, PEOPLE

Michael Rhodes | Deep Down Cool

The lanky, unassuming, slick-headed bassist-cum-international fashion model (he has graced Parisian runways, Vogue and GQ magazines) would be the last person to boast of his six Academy of Country Music Awards. And though he’s laid the low end on over 60 gold and platinum records, he forgot to mention it in our interview. He has…

10.2.2009 | MUSIC, PEOPLE

Words of Albert Schweitzer and the Music of Bach

While viewing a herd of hippopotamuses crossing a river, this revelation came to Albert Schweitzer’s mind: reverence for all life. Words of Albert Schweitzer and the Music of Bach, presented by the Tennessee Players, Inc., showcased three speakers, Dr. Nicholas Comninellis (Schweitzer), Naomi Tutu, and Rob Wilds (actors playing roles of Schweitzer’s life), and six…

10.2.2009 | EVENTS, MUSIC, PEOPLE, SPOTLIGHT

Jonell Mosser | Behind the Shades

“True, we love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love. But there is always some reason in madness.”

These words by Nietzsche are committed to memory by Jonell Mosser, who, aside from being the popular and much-loved Nashville…

09.8.2009 | MUSIC, PEOPLE