WMOT-FM (Murfreesboro, TN)

WMOT is a radio station that broadcasts classical music, jazz, as well as news and talk shows, catering to the Nashville, Tennessee area. The station is owned by Middle Tennessee State University, which is situated in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Because of its location, WMOT provides the best and most reliable signal in Nashville and its neighboring counties. It operates under the name Middle Tennessee Public Radio.

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The next James Bond film will have Dune's Denis Villeneuve as its director

2 days ago | wmot.org | Bill Chappell

Dune director Denis Villeneuve views the world of James Bond as "sacred territory." Now he'll have a chance to shape that world: the Quebecois filmmaker is directing the next installment of the venerable spy's adventures. "I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since Dr. No with Sean Connery," Villeneuve said as Amazon MGM announced that he will helm the next 007 movie.
Which organization snubbed Trump this week? Find out in the quiz

1 week ago | wmot.org | Holly J. Morris
Seeking A Secure Home For Pan-American Roots With Larry & Joe

1 week ago | wmot.org | Craig Havighurst

The hyper-eclectic Big Ears music festival returned to the clubs and streets of Knoxville for its eleventh edition in late March. And amid the acid jazz, contemporary classical, and brain jangling avant-garde, the duo of Larry & Joe stood out like a bouquet of flowers in a mosh pit. On the festival’s closing Sunday, Joe Troop, the globe-trotting American banjo and fiddle player, and Larry Bellorín, multi-instrumentalist from Monagas, Venezuela, flooded the joy zone at the Knoxville Museum of Art.
Tony Awards 2025: The complete list of winners

2 weeks ago | wmot.org | Chloee Weiner

Updated June 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM CDTThe 78th Annual Tony Awards hosted by Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, will be held Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The award show will be airing on CBS, and streaming on Paramount+. Below is the full list of 2025 Tony Award nominees, with winners marked in bold.
Kristen Drum’s Photo Highlights From An Epic Roots On The Rivers

3 weeks ago | wmot.org | Craig Havighurst

That. Was. Fantastic. WMOT’s experienced and passionate (and woman run) team pulled it all together, lined up great music, got a little lucky with the weather, and our people turned out for a truly exceptional Roots On The Rivers. All afternoon and evening on Saturday, the grounds of Two Rivers Mansion rang with authentic music that touched some core genres in the Americana universe - modern folk, rock and roll, bluegrass, newgrass, and the blues. Our members and fans turned out in record numbers.
Biscuits & Banjos And The Old-Time Futurism Of Durham, NC

3 weeks ago | wmot.org | Craig Havighurst

This special music city profile is an adapted transcript of the radio show, which streams here on demand. The Durham NC Armory was built out of stone by the Works Progress Administration in the mid 1930s. After years serving the NC National Guard, it became an all-purpose civic venue in the heart of downtown. In the 1950s and 60s, it complied with Jim Crow laws by alternating between concerts and dance parties for White and Black audiences.
In a county that backed Trump, people depend on Medicaid and are conflicted about cuts

1 month ago | wmot.org | Noam Levey

GLOBE, Ariz. — Like many residents of this copper-mining town in the mountains east of Phoenix, Debbie Cox knows plenty of people on Medicaid. Cox, who is a property manager at a real estate company in Globe, has tenants who rely on the safety-net program. And at the domestic violence shelter where she volunteers as president of the board, Cox said, staff always look to enroll women and their children if possible. But Cox, who is 65, has mixed feelings about Medicaid.
Roots On The Rivers: Catching Up With Aaron Lee Tasjan

1 month ago | wmot.org | Craig Havighurst

Saturday’s WMOT festival gives us a fresh reason to pause and think about the fuzzy quantum energy particle that is Aaron Lee Tasjan. He’s a shapeshifter, a rocker and a folkie, a singer and guitar player for the ages, and a mensch beloved by his Nashville community. In the dozen years he’s been in Nashville, he’s released a wildly daring and diverse string of albums.
Vincent Neil Emerson Pines For The Time Of The Rambler

1 month ago | wmot.org | Craig Havighurst

Episode 322 of The String opens at Skinny Dennis, the impressive new honky tonk that opened in March on Gallatin Road and which I wrote about last month. In its neon glow stood Vincent Neil Emerson, a stout fellow with a youthful face and a proper hat, fronting a five-piece hard country band.
Roots On The Rivers Has A Bluegrass Flow For 2025

1 month ago | wmot.org | Craig Havighurst

Musical diversity is one important touchstone for our lineups at Roots On The Rivers, and as co-host of The Old Fashioned, I maybe want to say that we’ve been a little light on bluegrass music over these past few years. That all changes on Saturday, May 31, when we bring you two stars of the genre from different generations and styles, the iconic Sam Bush and breakout fiddler, singer and songwriter Bronwyn Keith-Hynes.