How Canadian is Justin Bieber? His hometown’s “Steps to Stardom” exhibit provides some answers.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Weird in the Daylight
The story of Sadlack’s Heroes, the Raleigh dive bar that helped galvanize the alternative country scene in the 1990s.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
‘Country Music … Was Anything BUT Pure’: An Interview with Bill Malone and Tracey Laird
The co-authors of ‘Country Music USA’ – a revised edition of the genre’s definitive history – talk about the music’s African-American tributaries, its unpredictable politics, country radio’s woman problem, and working on Ken Burns’ forthcoming doc.
Posted inArts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews
‘Country Music … Was Anything BUT Pure’: An Interview with Bill Malone and Tracey Laird
The co-authors of ‘Country Music USA’ – a revised edition of the genre’s definitive history – talk about the music’s African-American tributaries, its unpredictable politics, country radio’s woman problem, and working on Ken Burns’ forthcoming doc.
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
She’s Not Just a Girl in the World
She’s a rock star, and a mom, and a tomboy, and a wife, and a study in contradictions.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
The Blue Ridge Country King
No one would have thought that Highland Ridge, Virginia was the center of anything. Then Jim McCoy’s honky-tonk came along.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Sports, Story
Tennis vs. Tennis
German tennis player Andrea Petkovic meets the band.
Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post, Commentary, Current Events
On Mourning, Learning a More Sober Fandom, and Letting Go
The death of popular rapper XXXTentaction raises questions of ethical consumption.
Posted inArts & Culture, Story
A Music So Beautiful the Birds Fell from the Trees
How two exiled Sufi musicians returned to make traditional music in postwar Kabul, Afghanistan.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Sign O’ The Times: Paisley Park Offers A Public Tour
At Paisley Park, the most palpable feeling isn’t of Prince, it’s of loneliness.