Nashville Scene

Nashville Scene is an alternative newsweekly based in Nashville, Tennessee. Established in 1989, it became part of Village Voice Media in 1999. In early 2006, Village Voice Media merged with New Times Media, bringing Nashville Scene into a larger network of sixteen publications. In 2009, SouthComm Communications took ownership of the paper. Nashville Scene primarily covers topics related to music, arts, entertainment, and local and state politics in the Nashville area.

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Court Prepares to Release Kilmar Abrego García Into ICE Custody

1 day ago | nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka

On Wednesday afternoon, federal Judge Barbara Holmes was ready to release Kilmar Armando Abrego García from the court’s custody when Abrego’s defense attorneys hit pause. The Department of Justice, led by Rob McGuire, acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, had portrayed itself to the court as powerless over Abrego’s future in the United States, and all parties acknowledged that his future would likely hinge instead on decisions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
ACLU Sues State for Criminalizing Elected Officials’ 'Sanctuary City' Votes

2 days ago | nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka

Seven Metro councilmembers, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, are suing the state of Tennessee over a new law under which the state could imprison elected officials who vote for "sanctuary city" policies. The felony penalty, passed during Gov. Bill Lee’s special session in January, raised significant constitutional red flags and is set to go into effect on July 1.
Another Look: Buick Audra, ‘Adult Child’

2 days ago | nashvillescene.com | Addie Moore

Singer-songwriter and Friendship Commanders member Buick Audra tells more truths directly from her own back pages on her latest solo album Adult Child, self-released June 13. She paints vivid lyrical pictures with differing sonic palettes, from a cappella (“Losing My Courage”) to acoustic (“Firstborn”) and spoken-word (“A List”).
Fisk Food and Jazz Festival Keeps It Smooth

2 days ago | nashvillescene.com | Ron Wynn

4-9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28, at The Yard at Fisk UniversitySince it launched in 1973, radio station WFSK 88.1-FM — better known as Jazzy 88 — has become a major part of the landscape of Fisk University. When Middle Tennessee State University station WMOT changed to an Americana format in 2016, Jazzy 88 became the area’s only 24/7 jazz station.
Power Struggle Over East Bank Boulevard

3 days ago | nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka

Metropolitik is a recurring column featuring the Scene’s analysis of Metro dealings. Planners and urbanists have fixated on Nashville’s East Bank for decades. While commerce bustled on the Cumberland River’s west side, industrial sprawl made the East Bank hostile to people. A harsh landscape of petroleum terminals, logistics facilities and scrap metal surrounded the Tennessee Titans’ campus, empty except for a few gameday Sundays.
Suit Challenges Tennessee Law Against ‘Harboring’ Undocumented Immigrants

4 days ago | nashvillescene.com | Alejandro Ramirez |Alejandro Ramírez

On Friday, a team of lawyers from legal and immigrant advocacy groups filed a lawsuit challenging a new Tennessee law that criminalizes providing “harbor” to undocumented immigrants. The lawsuit argues that immigration enforcement is a power reserved for the federal government, not the states, and that the broad language of the law would only sow confusion and fear about what activities do or do not break the law.
Abrego García Replaces Public Defenders With NYC Firm

1 week ago | nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka

Four private attorneys will replace the federal public defenders who have represented mistakenly deported Maryland man Kilmar Armando Abrego García since he was returned to the U.S. by court order in early June.
Another Look: Matt and the Watt Gives, ‘Matt and the Watt Gives’

1 week ago | nashvillescene.com | Stephen Trageser

In the fall, longtime local music fans had reason to rejoice with respect to the single “Cutting Ties,” the first new music in a long time from Matt Pelham, frontman of Middle Tennessee rock heroes The Features. Setting aside the posthumous release of The Mahaffey Sessions 1999, Pelham has been relatively quiet since The Features amicably dissolved in 2016, following a two-decade roller-coaster ride through the music biz.
Disjointed 28 Years Later Expands Influential Zombie Series

1 week ago | nashvillescene.com | Logan Butts

Contrary to popular opinion, when director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland first collaborated more than 20 years ago on the iconic Cillian Murphy-starring 28 Days Later, zombies of the non-lumbering variety were already a thing on the big screen. (1980s low-brow classics Nightmare City and Return of the Living Dead say hello.) But the zombies of 28 Days Later were unprecedented in their rage (virus)-fueled relentlessness.
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee’s Ban on Care for Trans Youth

1 week ago | nashvillescene.com | Hannah Herner

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s 2023 ban on gender-affirming care for minors in a 6-3 decision. The court ruled that the legislation does not violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection guarantee, with a split along party lines of the six conservative and three liberal justices. Tennessee is one of 25 states that have introduced restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors. The Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v.