Why is the African American Music museum in Nashville?
Plus, more questions about Memphis music and the January playlist
Elizabeth Cawein
Elizabeth Cawein is the founder and director of Music Export Memphis, a nonprofit export office for Memphis music. She is an adjunct professor of Music Urbanism at Rhodes College, a programmer/DJ on WYXR 91.7 FM and a national speaker on issues of music, culture and urban development.
The answer is simple and it also stings. It’s in Nashville because Nashville asked for it.
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