Nashville

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University, Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn.

Trump, Biden debate marked by clashes, but less chaos

After the first presidential debate was panned so widely that organizers introduced a mute button, Thursday's second and final debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden was far more civil.

Trump, Biden debate marked by clashes, but less chaos
Health care workers gather for lunch purchased by members of the New York City Police Department (NYPD)

Pandemic raises fears for immigrant doctors whose status in the US is uncertain

Pandemic raises fears for immigrant doctors whose status in the US is uncertain
A team of researchers at the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center selects lead antibody candidates for further screening.

Racing to develop a drug to fight COVID-19

Racing to develop a drug to fight COVID-19
Robbie Robertson looks at the camera posing for a photo

Robbie Robertson reflects on brotherhood, music and 'The Last Waltz'

Robbie Robertson reflects on brotherhood, music and 'The Last Waltz'
Studio A

Nashville's famed RCA Studio A will live on

Nashville's famed RCA Studio A will live on
Jiyayi Suleyman, 26, is Nashville’s first Kurdish American police officer. “I took this job to bridge the gap between not only the Kurdish community but the Muslim community with the police department,” Suleyman says. “I wanted to be that one guy that mak

Take a ride-along with Nashville’s first Kurdish American cop

Had things been a little different, Jiyayi Suleyman might have been a peshmerga fighter alongside his uncle and other Kurdish troops. Instead he's a police office in Nashville trying to keep the city's residents there safe.

Take a ride-along with Nashville’s first Kurdish American cop
Azadi

Tour the American city where Kurdish sounds and flavors thrive

Nashville, Tennessee is also known as Music City USA. But there’s more than that. The city is also home to the largest Kurdish community in the United States.

Tour the American city where Kurdish sounds and flavors thrive
Doug Seegers on the porch of his house.

You probably don't know his name, but this Nashville musician is HUGE in Sweden

Artists often become popular outside their hometowns, or even their countries. Like being big in Japan. That's just what happened to a musician in Nashville. Only he got big in Sweden.

You probably don't know his name, but this Nashville musician is HUGE in Sweden
Elvis, the Kenyan King

If it's country music and it's Kenya, it must be Elvis

If Elvis were born in Kenya and wandered into country music instead of rock and roll, this is how he might have ended up.

If it's country music and it's Kenya, it must be Elvis
Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg explains how the roots of Americana music lead back to Britain

Why was British Musician Billy Bragg invited to present at the 2013 Americana Music Festival? Seems unusual, but Bragg argues that the British were actually integral in developing Americana music after World War II.

Billy Bragg explains how the roots of Americana music lead back to Britain

Battle of the High School Bands: The Winner

Battle of the High School Bands: The Winner

Steve Earle's Washington Square Serenade

Steve Earle's Washington Square Serenade

What's in a High School Band Name?

What's in a High School Band Name?
The World

Live in-Studio: Dwight Yoakam

Among country superstars, Dwight Yoakam has always been a guy who didn't fit in. A cool, mysterious dude in a crowd of boys next door. An Appalachian-turned-Angeleno who spurned Nashville.

Live in-Studio: Dwight Yoakam

New movie looks at the struggles of foreign-born, adopted children

Somewhere Between seeks to tell the story of the 80,000 girls adopted from Chinese families over the past 25 years. What feelings do they have as they manage their quest to understand what their roots are, and how that culture meshes with the culture they grew up in, here in the United States.

New movie looks at the struggles of foreign-born, adopted children