Nashville

Nashville is home to the largest Kurdish population in the United States — and a new podcast, "The Country In Our Hearts" from WPLN, tells the story of the diaspora.

Lice is low down on threats to public health — they don't carry disease, and they don't jump or fly. But school systems and parents are still grappling with whether to keep kids with lice in class.

Days after students were shot at a school Mass, an outpouring of flowers, ribbons, and grief are bringing people together to support victims and each other.

"Not everything powerful is loud," Brittany Howard says when asked what the reunited band members wanted to explore with their new music. "Not everything quiet is vulnerable."

FBI director Kash Patel says yesterday's mass shooting at a Minnesota church was domestic terrorism, driven by hate-filled ideology. But extremism analysts say their research points to something else.

The Tennessee Department of Education has named Dr. Brandi De La Cruz, a math instructor at Collierville High School, as the 2025-26 Tennessee Teacher of the Year.

Elon Musk's The Boring Company is moving forward with its planned tunnel under Nashville. The tunnel, called the Music City Loop, will connect the city's downtown and airport and be exclusively for Teslas.

Fans who pre-ordered new albums by Lil Wayne and The Weeknd on vinyl got a rude awakening: More than half the songs that appeared on the streaming version were missing on the LP.

Charming critics and audiences with New Threats From The Soul, his funny, loose, reference-packed album, the veteran Louisville musician is having an unlikely breakthrough at 40 years old.

NPR Music's 2025 Tiny Desk Contest got more than 7,000 entries, including some standouts in the folk and country genres.