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Jim Lauderdale on Tai Chi and Learning How to Listen

Jim Lauderdale on Tai Chi and Learning How to Listen

Between his own shows, recording sessions, and collaborations with countless other people, Jim Lauderdale is a busy guy. But every day he makes time to step away from it all — preferably outside, but anywhere quiet will do — to turn his focus inward through his practice of tai chi. Often summed

Leon Redbone Has 'Crossed the Delta for that Beautiful Shore'

Leon Redbone Has 'Crossed the Delta for that Beautiful Shore'

Leon Redbone, who died Thursday at an age he always declined to specify, wasn’t a hitmaker, but he did make quite an impression. His head and heart were firmly in yesteryear, and he wove songs with roots in the first half of the 20th century, tinged with blues, jazz,

Celebrating 110 Years of Maybelle Carter

Celebrating 110 Years of Maybelle Carter

Maybelle Carter was born 110 years ago today, and though she died in 1978, her legacy is alive and strong among guitar players, songwriters, and music lovers. Cathy Fink falls into all three of those categories and recently wrote a song in tribute to Maybelle Carter. Here’s the song,

SPOTLIGHT VIDEO: Rising Appalachia Song Urges Us to ‘Harmonize’

SPOTLIGHT VIDEO: Rising Appalachia Song Urges Us to ‘Harmonize’

Leylines, the brand new album from ND’s May Spotlight band, Rising Appalachia, is filled with songs about connections. (The album title itself refers to a belief in lines of spiritual energy that connect places around the world.) Here’s the duo, sisters Leah and Chloe Smith, on one such

Museum Exhibition Puts Scott Avett’s Visual Art in the Spotlight

Museum Exhibition Puts Scott Avett’s Visual Art in the Spotlight

Even as the spotlight has shone brightly on The Avett Brothers’ music for the past two decades, Scott Avett has been making another kind of art all the while. His visual art — paintings and prints that explore his own busy mind, often at a gigantic scale — is getting its first

The Well Pennies Take Joyous Flight on 'Murmurations'

The Well Pennies Take Joyous Flight on 'Murmurations'

For their second full-length album, Murmurations, The Well Pennies have their eyes on the skies. The album’s title comes from the name for swooping swarms of starlings that form for no reason we humans know and move according to rules also hidden to us. The stars and the

Sam Bush Shares Photos from His Personal Collection

Sam Bush Shares Photos from His Personal Collection

It's hard not to smile when you watch Sam Bush play. Joy pours out of his body and shines through every note, lifting up everyone around him, whether they're on stage, front row, or deep into a vast festival audience. He's played with just