Nashville Rising: How Modern Music City Came to Be

Nashville's hot. World renowned for its music scene, the city's increasingly famous for its food, creative culture and more. But Nashville and its vibrant neighborhoods wouldn't be what they are today if the city and surrounding Davidson County hadn't taken the politically daring step 50 years ago of merging their governments to create Metro. Through stories and hundreds of exclusive photos, The Tennessean tells the tale of how modern Music City came to be, and flourish.