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Good morning everyone! I hope you all are recovering nicely from the coalescing forces of Halloween festivities and government mandated time changes. My weekly playlist is particularly chill this week, you can listen to it here. Tonight, there is a lovely indie-folk bill over at The East Room with
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More Than Just a Farm
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Regenerative Land, Regenerative Community
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The New Old Nashville
Back 40 bridges Southern staples and Music City’s culinary future.
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