Music for Grownups on WXNA

05/16/2024

Wow! It's WXNA membership drive time again (through Monday May 20)! If you like independent radio and community-based cultural programming, and want to keep it alive and rebellious for years and years to come, then go to WXNAfm.org and chip in a little cash, either as an ongoing membership or a one-time donation. At the site you can hear what's on the air right now, or listen to archives of recent shows, or eyeball the nifty premiums you can get for donating. You know you want Nashville radio to keep featuring Bing Crosby, Frances Faye, Doris Day, and Bobby Short! Put a little money on the counter and we'll be friends forever!

05/11/2024

01/05/2024

On , we recognize Etta James, one of the most popular soul artists from the 1960s. Her music spans many genres, including blues, R&B, rock & roll, gospel and jazz. In Nashville, James performed in the city’s Black entertainment district. One of the most powerful LPs from the period featured Etta James’ live performance at New Era Night Club on Jefferson Street. James chose Nashville as the location to record her first live album because she believed the audience’s response would match the passion of her music. James was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Learn more in exhibition, now on display.

Photograph: Etta James, 1960, Getty Images.

12/04/2023

It’s membership drive time at WXNA! We are an all-volunteer, listener-supported, freeform community radio station in Nashville, Tennessee (and everywhere online). Go to WXNAFM.ORG and thank you!

12/02/2023

'Becoming Ella Fitzgerald,' by Judith Tick, is the first full biography of the multifaceted singer since her death — and captures her tireless evolution.