Many people have issues with economics and ethics in streaming music. Nashville musician Eagle Johnson went further and launched Juniper, his own streaming service.

Juniper Confronts Problems With Music Streaming Head-On

We talk with Eagle Johnson, Nashville musician and founder of the up-and-coming music streaming service, about the challenges of establishing a better payment model.

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There’s treasure everywhere

Steven Hale@iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 4d ago

A lot of you have probably heard about the new Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop on I-65 or seen pictures of the sign, but you might not know about the men’s restroom:

Alcohol lobby finally doing some good

Kelsey Reichmann@kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 2w ago

News: SCOTUS grants petition asking whether courts can consider the gravity of the underlying offense for excessive fines clause violations Jouppi v. Alaska involves the forfeiture of an airplane over a six-pack of beer

Remember when Brian Kelsey was on his way to prison after a jury convicted him of campaign finance violations? And this admin swooped him to fully clear him. Anyone associated with this regime has the message that campaign finance laws don’t apply to them.

Phil Williams@philinvestigates.com · 3w ago

Exclusive: Marsha Blackburn faced Senate ethics probe over use of tax dollars for political campaigns www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

This is ripe for argument in Tennessee

Matthew Segal@segalmr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Criminal defense and civil rights lawyers should be thinking about this question, especially in state courts: If possessing firearms is a constitutional right, then when, exactly, can the police stop and frisk people based on the suspicion that they possess firearms?

Tennessee is all but certain to execute Tony Carruthers here in Nashville tomorrow morning. He would be the 11th man from death row killed by the state here since 2018. I will be one of the media witnesses inside the prison. Threading my stories for @nashvillebanner.bsky.social about the case here:

By 2007, two forensic pathologists had testified that there was no evidence the victims in this case were buried alive and the original medical examiner had signed an affidavit stating he could no longer stand behind his trial testimony. But the buried alive narrative has persisted.

Nashville Banner@nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 3mo ago

With Tennessee set to execute Tony Carruthers on May 21, his attorneys are arguing not only that forensic testing might prove his innocence, but that his death sentence was based on an inflammatory and false claim that the victims in the case were buried alive. ✍️ @iamstevenhale.bsky.social

“We might as well go ahead and make the tinfoil hat the official state hat…”

Holly McCall@jhollymc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I love a good column and this from @betsyphillips.bsky.social for @nashvillescene.com is right up my alley.

PLEASE WATCH: Video posted so far from today’s killing in Minneapolis shows the victim recording video with his smartphone, coming to the aid of two women and trying to stand between them and an ICE agent. He does not show a gun at all. Then, I count 10 shots.

As a banjo playing lawyer I can confirm we are often misunderstood

Popehat@kenwhite.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I deleted the post because it turns out the guy with the banjo is not the asshole, it’s the guy posting his picture

The last time Ohio sent some guys to stand around and do nothing, they lost to Michigan in Ann Arbor

US: “Do you believe Trump that he had nothing to do with the decision to charge Kilmar?” KILMAR’S ATTORNEY: “C’mon, man.” US: “Why did (Assistant U.S. Attorney) Ben Schrader resign?” KILMAR’S ATTORNEY: “C’mon, man.”

There is a through-line from Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" to the music of the film "Sinners" — and her name is Rhiannon Giddens. wpln.org/post/as-sinn...

As 'Sinners' soundtrack puts spotlight on roots music, a grassroots movement is also having its moment

There is a through-line from Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" to the music of the film, "Sinners," and her name is Rhiannon Giddens.

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Thank you to Larry David for this artful, effective public rebuke of Bill Maher. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)

When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.

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Finally picked up a copy of @betsyphillips.bsky.social “Dynamite Nashville”…I’m only a few pages in but it’s fantastic! This is not your grandfather’s history book. I just wanted to read the preface and I already can’t put it down!