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Stacy Chandler

BONUS TRACKS: A Gold-Medal Idea for Arts in the Olympics

BONUS TRACKS: A Gold-Medal Idea for Arts in the Olympics

I always learn something new when I watch the Olympics. For five minutes, perhaps, I become a little bit of an expert on shot put, and suddenly I know the names of swimmers from countries I’ve never visited. But I learned something new about the Olympics themselves from Pharrell

‘It Was All Right There’: Alison Brown Converses With the Past for ‘Simple Pleasures’ Reissue

‘It Was All Right There’: Alison Brown Converses With the Past for ‘Simple Pleasures’ Reissue

Like most humans do at some point, Alison Brown got to thinking recently about her younger self. She was poring through the original tapes of her landmark 1990 album Simple Pleasures in preparation for a reissue, and she wondered about the twenty-something who’d recorded it. In a way, the

Billy Strings Blazes Full Speed Ahead With New Studio Album ‘Highway Prayers’

Billy Strings Blazes Full Speed Ahead With New Studio Album ‘Highway Prayers’

Billy Strings is clearly in the fast lane when it comes to releasing new music this year. At midnight he announced a new album, Highway Prayers, via social media. Coming Sept. 27, the album appears to have a car theme, from the Instagram post’s vintage magazine car ad vibe

SPOTLIGHT: On ‘Dreamers,’ Wild Ponies Let Love Take the Reins

SPOTLIGHT: On ‘Dreamers,’ Wild Ponies Let Love Take the Reins

EDITOR’S NOTE: Wild Ponies are No Depression’s Spotlight band for August 2024. Look for more about them and their new album, Dreamers (out Aug. 23 on No Evil Records), all month long. Love has a way of expanding in the Wild Ponies’ universe. It’s been all over

BONUS TRACKS: Johnny Cash Statue Headed to U.S. Capitol

BONUS TRACKS: Johnny Cash Statue Headed to U.S. Capitol

Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol is lined with bronze and marble likenesses of founding fathers, renowned orators, war heroes, and do-gooders, two from each state. But soon the first musician will join its ranks, and it’s a good one: Johnny Cash. Arkansas has designated the famed singer

Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin Join Forces for Social Justice-Centered Album ‘symbiont’

Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin Join Forces for Social Justice-Centered Album ‘symbiont’

symbiont, the new collaborative album from Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin, isn’t going to sound like anything you’ve heard before. The album, coming Sept. 27 on Smithsonian Folkways, contends with the past, present, and future through the lens of racial and climate justice, tapping into ancient forms of

IBMA Announces New Host City for World of Bluegrass in 2025

IBMA Announces New Host City for World of Bluegrass in 2025

After months of intense speculation, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced today the new home for its annual World of Bluegrass conference and festival. After one last hurrah this September in Raleigh, North Carolina, the event’s home since 2013, World of Bluegrass will move to Chattanooga, Tennessee, for 2025,