Nashville's Dangerous Roads, Big Changes at Ascend Amphitheater, and Record Store Day!
Last weekend’s tragic car crash in the Gulch proves why the improvements Metro is making to traffic calming and signals can’t come soon enough. On today’s Friday News Roundup, host Marie Cecile Anderson is joined by executive producer and WNXP morning show host Celia Gregory to break down the proposed improvements, chat about why Ryman Hospitality won the bid to operate Ascend Amphitheater, and shout out our picks for the best releases and local events for Record Store Day tomorrow.
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