The new season of Austin City Limits kicks off in early October with Norah Jones. Keith York at Public Media Digest writes in his review of the series that “in the season opener, Jones’ songs, her performances, and her presence are all sublime. From her guitar fretwork to piano key play, it is an [...]
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NUREYEV: THE RUSSIAN YEARS (AND THE NASHVILLE CONNECTION) « NPT Media Update
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Featuring recently recorded interviews with Russian friends and colleagues now free to discuss his early years, as well as archival footage not seen in the West, GREAT PERFORMANCES: Nureyev: The Russian Years (Wed., August 29, 8 p.m. on NPT) traces the dancer’s career with fresh insight and candor, revealing “not only the [...]
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It doesn’t feel like so long ago that representatives from the FCC were in Nashville to conduct hearings on media ownership regulations.
Tonight on Bill Moyers Journal (NPT-Channel 8, 8:00 p.m.), Moyers gets the latest on the issues from FCC Commissioner Michael Copps — what it means for democracy and what the potential implications are for [...]
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It’s been a long steamy week. How about a classic Stevie Wonder performance from Sesame Street to take us into the weekend. This might be the best six minutes and forty-seven seconds you spend in front of a computer all day today.
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If you caught the AMERICAN MASTERS episode LES PAUL: CHASING SOUND on NPT in July, or caught our special screening at the Country Music Hall of Fame, you’ll appreciate this article on the Gibson Les Paul Sunburst from the LA Times . Have to go now. Need to check the estate sale listings for this [...]
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This Sunday, August 26 at 10:30 a.m. marks the start of the 36th season of our popular show A Word on Words with John Seigenthaler. Seigenthaler’s first guest is Kristin Gore, who’ll be discussing her latest book Sammy’s House. It’s the follow-up to 2004’s Sammy’s Hill. Coincidentally, Gore will also be on the Late Show [...]
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On September 11, we will go to the polls yet again to vote for Mayor, and this time, we’ll have just two choices, Bob Clement or Karl Dean. Need a refresher on where each candidate stands on the issues? Wondering which specific steps each would take to expand the use of public transportation in Nashville? [...]
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Leading up to the release of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Scholastic.com had a “countdown” clock with the days and hours left until fans could get their hands on the book. If you were one of those fans, to what are you counting down these days? If you’re familiar with the Mayan [...]
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There’s a great scene in Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville’s film SHAKESPEARE WAS A BIG GEORGE JONES FAN: COWBOY CLEMENT’S HOME MOVIES, where Clement and George Jones are sitting at a table with some friends, and Clement tells Jones that he had a dream about Shakespeare. Clement says that Shakespeare (as the title suggests) is [...]
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