Nashville, TN
One of the biggest trends in recorded music today has nothing to do with downloads and everything to do with dropping a needle in the groove. Tennessee Crossroads visited a Nashville, TN business which started creating those grooves back in 1949 and is going stronger than ever today. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about United Record Pressing.
Athens, TN
In our travels across the state, we’ve found craftsmen making chairs in all shapes, sizes and designs but, they’re usually made for comfort and beauty out of fine woods and other materials. Tennessee Crossroads met Jim McGie in Athens, TN who finds some pretty unusual materials and turns them into beautiful rocking chairs.
Primm Springs, TN
Those cookie and popcorn tins we get at Christmas often wind up rusting away in a cabinet under the pantry, but you know you could have a potential work of art stashed away there.Tennessee Crossroads learned that when we visited Emily Allison from Primm Springs, TN, who would almost certainly enjoy rummaging through those leftover and forgotten tins of yours. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
Signal Mountain, TN
From Signal Mountain, TN to the Nation's Capitol one creative Chattanooga, TN artist has brought recognition to the state in so many colorful ways. Her name is Susan Parry and she's well-known for her jewelry and small sculptures, not to mention some very special Christmas tree ornaments. It's been quite a journey for her as Tennessee Crossroads discovered when we paid a visit to her studio not too long ago. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Susan Parry - Glass Artist.
Nolensville, TN
America's fascination with model trains as a hobby dates back to the early 1930's. Primarily, the hobby focuses on the creative process of building and maintaining a train layout. For a group of guys in Nolensville TN their love of the hobby inspired them to build one of the largest layouts in the southeast. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about The Middle Tennessee Model Railroaders.
Selmer, TN
In semi-celebration of our 25th anniversary, we've been dusting off stories from the Tennessee Crossroads archives to relive, and here's one Al Voecks put together back in 1988. It's all about a family in West Tennessee who gets swept away carrying on a century-old tradition of making old-fashioned brooms. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Hockaday Handmade Brooms.
Murfreesboro, TN
What defines the heritage of our state could be a building, a ballad or maybe a battlefield. Sometimes heritage is represented by a well-worn pair of dancing shoes. Tennessee Crossroads went to Murfreesboro, TN to meet the man who wears those shoes, Thomas Maupin, a world renown buck dancer and a true Tennessee treasure. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
Somerville, TN
You know in our travels across the state we've met quite a few folks with passions for making guitars and fiddles and other musical instruments, but we haven't found a banjo maker until Tennessee Crossroads visited a craftsman in Sommerville, TN who not only makes them but is carrying on the art of banjo making with style. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Tommy George Banjos.
Woodbury, TN
Tennessee Crossroads visited the group to find out what they see in their friends that the rest of us might have missed. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Middle Tennessee Mule Skinners. This business is closed, but please enjoy the memories of this journey.
Hendersonville, TN
To some, a chair is just something to sit on but to Gregg Pennington, it's a life's work. Greg found his calling when he first learned to make chairs by hand. He's still doing that beautifully, and is teaching others who want to share his pleasure in his art. Tennessee Crossroads visited Greg Pennington at his Hendersonville, TN workshop to meet this artist who loves to make chairs the old-fashioned way. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Pennington Windsor Chairs.
Morristown, TN
When you hear the word pioneer, maybe you think of brave people with wagons making their way through uncharted territory. Tennessee Crossroads met a Morristown, TN woman who has been charting the way for half a century, but her undiscovered land is not through the countryside, but above it. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Guiness World Record holder Evelyn "Mama Bird" Johnson - Female Flyer.
