By Macy Wilbanks CHATTANOOGA, TENN (mocsnews.com) – Have you ever had an intoxicated middle aged woman yell “woo” at you from a moving bar? Welcome to one of the four major cities in Tennessee, where our cultured nightlife is plagued by the 21st century invention of the pedal tavern. The infamous pedal tavern is a bar on top of multiple …
Read More »Documentary on Tennessee Death Row Inmate Premiering in Nashville
By. Jacqueline Hood NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A documentary film titled, “You Don’t Know Me” delves into the controversial trial of Tennessee death row inmate, Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman. The film will premiere on April 16 at Nashville’s Belcourt Theatre, the day Abdur’Rahman was set to be executed by lethal injection before …
Read More »Grammy-nominated album shines light on transgender pioneer
By KRISTIN M. HALL, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For decades, Jackie Shane was a musical mystery: a riveting black transgender soul singer who packed nightclubs in Toronto in the 1960s, but then disappeared after 1971. Some speculated she had died, but her legacy lived on among music historians and …
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