AmericanaFest is the anchoring annual event for Nashville's roots music community and industry, and it's back after a forced year off. Here's our music writer's take on what to expect at the top of the bill and some recommendations for artists with bold new directions or newcomers emerging on the radar.

Nonesuch Records has released Ramble In Music City, a recently discovered 1990 live recording from the Tennessee Performing Arts Center that lends new context to Emmylou Harris's classic live Ryman album and brings us 23 new performances from one of her greatest career chapters.

Launched in the shadow of 9/11 in a struggling mountain town, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion has bolstered the music of its region, launched careers, and helped Bristol itself recover from the small town atrophy of the late 20th century. Working in tandem with the city's Birthplace of Country Music Museum and its in-house Radio Bristol, the Reunion has become a key Americana festival and an anchor for a place central to country music history. The 20th anniversary comeback edition, after a year scrubbed by Covid, called for a road trip.

Ana Lee hosts WMOT's Tuesday Night Special at 7 tonight with a celebration of summer and a welcome to fall.

Representing Nashville's LGBTQ+ community at Nashville Pride, a new album and more from Mercy Bell.

Online stock trading has taken off, bolstered by easy apps and lower prices. Now, a community of young investors have a new strategy: looking for stock tips from members of Congress.

It's been called the "Skinny House" or the "Spite House." The legend is that two brothers shared land but one built on more than his share, so the other built a skinny house to block access and views.

Construction workers and others opposed to new COVID-19 vaccine rules have taken to the streets. Some allege that right-wing extremists have infiltrated the increasingly violent protests.