We heard about The Nashville 9 back in November, when a bunch of local musicians hung out for 9 days creating… something. Good thing they’ve written it out for us, because they say it better than we ever could:

In the first nine days of November 2008, four longtime friends undertook an ambitious project that explored storytelling, the artistic process, and the Nashville, Tennessee community. They called it The Nashville 9. Assisted by a grassroots collective of Nashville cast, crew and musicians, the foursome worked in frenetic 24-hour cycles to turn Nashvillians’ freshly told stories into written songs and scenes that were immediately recorded and filmed. Each day, one story sparked one song and one scene. The result after nine days: an album featuring the nine songs recorded by different Nashville artists and producers, and a short film comprising the nine scenes shot at various Nashville locations. The album and short film will premiere on March 19 at the Belcourt Theatre.

So there you have it. The premiere screening of the short film, coupled with a performance by the friends in The Nashville 9 (The Champion and His Burning Flame, Michael Logen, Kindercastle and Jaclyn James with special guest Plumb) is tonight (6:30pm) at the Belcourt, and tickets are $20. This is going to be one of those only-in-Nashville moments, and we encourage you to check it out.

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3. That’s A Wrap: 48 Hour Film Project Screenings Start Tonight
4. Wednesday: We Made It Through [Next Big Nashville 2008]
5. Fiction Family At The Belcourt On January 30 [Guest Posts]