The Boro Art Crawl returns to the Historic Murfreesboro Square on June 16, 2022 (Thursday). Initially founded in 2015 by a group of local artists wanting to help foster the artistic community downtown and across Murfreesboro, it was suspended during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Returning now, local artists are uniting with local businesses to showcase some of the best visual arts that Murfreesboro offers, according to Eric Snyder, the newly re-established Boro Art Crawl Committee pre .
Monday Night Jazz Brings the Beat to North Nashville Checking in with musician Fredrick Weathersby and The Local Distroâs Will Radford about the weekly gathering Tweet
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Even in a city like Nashville thatâs brimming with music, Monday night is generally thought of as an evening when precious little of interest happens. The organizers of Monday Night Jazz are working hard to disprove that notion. The event, which recently launched its third iteration with a move to North Nashville restaurant and market The Local Distro, has become a festive occasion that offers not only one of Nashvilleâs most diverse and energetic live music sets, but also art on display (including audiovisual work), wares from an array of vendors and food from local sources.
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The devastating global impact of COVID-19 dominated both news and cultural headlines throughout 2020, but Nashville’s jazz, blues and roots music communities responded by displaying a resolute spirit of perseverance and adaptation. Artists continued making vibrant music, and doing whatever they could to help offset a pandemic that shuttered music venues and ground tours and live shows to almost a total halt.
Before that happened in March, Music City enjoyed a pair of super blues concerts with the return of Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and the legendary Taj Mahal to area locales. Likewise, bop veterans Bobby Watson and Curtis Lundy rocked Rudy’s Jazz Room with a superb series of weekend concerts. In a hopeful sign, Louisiana bluesman Tab Benoit launched his national tour from the Ryman Auditorium in November.