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By Preston MacDougall

Murfreesboro, TN – A recent speech criticizing America's education system sparks a comment.

"California Sessions" on Jazz On The Side, Sunday, August 7th at 12:00 p.m.

Nashville Tennessee native, Russ Freeman is sitting on top of the world these days. As leader of the Rippingtons - a band the Los Angeles Times called "one of the most popular and influential groups" in the smooth-jazz arena.

"Big Band Jazz & BBQ Night" - Featuring The Establishment at Oaklands Mansion in Murfreesboro, Friday, August 12th 6:30 p.m.

By Bill Levine

Murfreesboro, TN – Vibraphonist Dick Sisto says it's easy to find a great vibe with you're working with the best.

By Dr. Preston MacDougall

Murfreesboro, TN – If the only thing constant is change, then why do we resist it so vigorously?

Joins the Jim Cullum Jazz Band in a show devoted to his life in jazz, Sunday, July 31st 11:00 a.m. on Riverwalk

John Kenneth Davern's embryonic days in the music world found him as a big band sideman in various sax sections, and then on to the classic jazz combos of Greenwich Village and New York's uptown clubs as a clarinetist, to his soprano sax adventures in the Soprano Summit, and now back to the clarinet with which he has solidly established himself as one of the finest players in the entire world.

By Larry Burriss

Murfreesboro, TN – Learning when a reporter's questions go to far is just one lesson needed now for today's soldiers.

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.