via Hallels: A tornado swept through parts of the city of Nashville on Monday night. As a result, at least 24 people were killed, several others injured, and tens of thousands of households and businesses left without power. The death count is an accumulation of people in four counties, including Davidson (Nashville), Putnam, Benton and Wilson, […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: Dont push Mary!!! A heckler found that out the hard way during a recent concert in Nashville last week. She was taunted by someone in the audience who she claims was telling her to “shut the ****up all night.” But….well Mary did Mary and decided to take a break from performing to put the […]
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — “It was a sexual style assault on my wife.” That’s what James Lassiter told a reporter from WTVF in Nashville after he and his wife took their family to a Japanese Steakhouse for dinner. Isabelle Lassiter couldn’t believe it when one of the chefs used a plastic toy to spray water in […]
Legendary Christian artist TobyMac was honored as one of the Nashville Lifestyles 25 Most Beautiful People of 2015. Nashville Lifestyles compiles the list every year to features the city’s most “dynamic, engaging, and beautiful people.” In 2016 TobyMac and K-LOVE are teaming up for the Hits Deep Tour featuring Britt Nicole, Building 429, Colton Dixon, Capital […]
Stand-up comedians turned television hosts, The View’s Sherri Shepherd and syndicated radio personality Rickey Smiley (Dish Nation), will inject new energy as co-hosts of the 29th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards. The annual salute to Gospel music, The Stellar Awards will be held at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium on Saturday, January 18, 2013. The show will air on the UP television network […]
After a two-year stint in Atlanta, the GMA Dove Awards are heading back to Nashville. The annual ceremony – the Grammys of the Christian music industry – is also moving to fall for the first time. The show is usually held in April and, until 2011, always took place in Tennessee. Now it will […]
A new museum designed to showcase African American music is in the works in Nashville, Tenn. The National Museum of African American Music (NNAAM), the first project of its kind in the country, will feature exhibits, galleries and artifacts all designed to display African Americans’ impact on the nation’s music. “Telling the comprehensive story of […]
A new museum designed to showcase African American music is in the works in Nashville, Tenn. The National Museum of African American Music (NNAAM), the first project of its kind in the country, will feature exhibits, galleries and artifacts all designed to display African Americans’ impact on the nation’s music. “Telling the comprehensive story of […]
Bishop T.D. Jakes will be among the speakers at the world conference of the American Association of Christian Counselors in Nashville. The AACC, which has nearly 50,000 members, is holding the event at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. Jakes is senior pastor of The Potter’s House, a global humanitarian organization and 30,000-member church […]
Bishop T.D. Jakes will be among the speakers at the world conference of the American Association of Christian Counselors in Nashville. The AACC, which has nearly 50,000 members, is holding the event at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. Jakes is senior pastor of The Potter’s House, a global humanitarian organization and 30,000-member church […]
As thousands of gospel music industry fans, supporters, artists, execs and more descend upon Nashville, TN, the city is officially buzzing with celebratory energy, exclusive pre-show events and a spirit of great expectations for the 26th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards.
With the recent revelation that the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards are moving to Atlanta, GA for reasons including “a way to better embrace the Black gospel community” — it is important to recognize that Gospel music as a whole has played a major role in Nashville for centuries. The Fisk Jubilee Singers’ enthrall-ing performances […]
