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By Randy O'Brien

Murfreesboro, TN – Colorado-based novelist Kent Haruf writes about real people with real problems in a bestselling way.

By Doug Dwyer

Nashville, TN – Occasional commentator Doug Dwyer mourns the latest pop music labeled Rock and Roll.

By Randy O'Brien

Nashville, TN – Parents, researchers and educators recently visited Nashville for the annual meeting of the Autism Society of America.

By Larry Burriss

Murfreesboro, TN – The early release of the latest Harry Potter adventure was a terrible mistake. Or was it?

THE DAVE ELLIS QUINTET AT FILOLI JAZZ IN CALIFORNIA

The Bay Area shares a top talent with JazzSet. His CD State of Mind won Outstanding Jazz Album in the 2004 California Music Awards. Ellis also won the 2003 San Francisco Weekly Music Awards for Best Jazz Artist. Dave Ellis's music is "a superb example of today's small jazz combo," says Bud Spangler, producer of the Filoli Jazz series.

By Preston MacDougall

Murfreesboro, TN – A simple chemical reaction covers both art and science.

By Randy O'Brien

Nashville, TN – A Nashville novelist delves into the "invisible world" of refugees.

By Randy O'Brien

Nashville, TN – A three-decade old tradition continues to bring cool jazz to hot summer nights.

By Larry Burriss

Murfreesboro, TN – Here's something you can cross off the Birthday list for comentator Larry Burriss.

On Marian McPartland Piano Jazz, Sunday, July 17th, 7:00 p.m.

Composer, poet, and vocalist Kurt Elling sets a new standard in jazz singing. He sings in a complex, commanding baritone, a richly grained voice with honeyed highlights, fusing his two personas: the poet and the musician. There are scat solos amidst the tender lyrics, stirring originals and unexpected arrangements of some familiar tunes.