Metro Pulse Online

Is Knoxville really the bluegrass capital of the world—or a non-bluegrass zone in a bluegrass-mad region? Jack Neely travels hither and yon to find out.

The newly-formed Market Square District Association intends to bring a collaborative effort to foster commercial vitality on the Square. Joe Sullivan gets an update on the group's progress from association president, Scott Partin. Joe Tarr speaks with downtown merchants and Fort Sanders residents to determine whether or not the city caters too much to football traffic.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.

Joe Sullivan suspects that preservation may take a back seat to progress on the 500 block of Gay Street in Insights, Brian Conley reflects on beauty, life and giving in A Note from the Publisher, and Jack Neely details in Secret History an epic duel that didn't occur two hundred years ago here in Knoxville.

Scott McNutt considers and compares the last works of two now-deceased rock greats, both of which were recorded in full knowledge of their impending mortality.

Paige M. Travis checks in with Jason Trout and the God Star Social as they challenge listeners and local audiences to keep evolving with their sound. Feeling their needs disregarded by the University of Tennessee, dance students make their voices heard by UT's powers that be. Paige M. Travis wonders if anyone else in Knoxville is listening. New tunes from Quasi, old tunes from June Carter Cash, and newly released tunes from Neil Young are all worth a listen in Platters.

Sports by Tony Basilio
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