50 STATES OF FOLK: The Genre-Hopping Old-Time Fiddle Tradition of Weiser, Idaho
Back in the early days of the Western frontier, community was a matter of life-and-death: It was the work of people in tandem that led to a successful winter, not merely one man’s luck in finding gold or trapping furs.
In the wild ranges of 19th-century Idaho, part of
THE READING ROOM: Loretta Lynn Recounts Support and Sass from Her Friend Patsy Cline
Loretta Lynn says she feels like Patsy Cline is watching over her sometimes, especially when life gets hard or when she feels like she’s ready to give up and lose sight of the many blessings she’s been given in life. In her new memoir, Me & Patsy Kickin’
Watermelon Slim Plays Blues Shaped by Life as a ‘Traveling Man’
Bill Homans looks as rugged as the blues he plays. As his alter ego, Watermelon Slim, Homans honed his rough-and-tumble, bare-bones blues style bouncing around the country in a variety of blue-collar jobs . A Vietnam vet, he recorded an anti-war protest album, Merry Airbrakes, in 1973, learning to play slide
Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabaté Build Bridges with Banjo and Kora on ‘The Ripple Effect’
Music, definitely at its best and sometimes at its worst, brings people together. It’s an agent of good in the world, a way to bring together performer and listener, musicians with other musicians, and cultures with other cultures. It takes a big, big world and makes it a little
Clem Snide Grows into New Phase of Life and Music on ‘Forever Just Beyond’
I hope you’ve already seen The Good Place, because there’s a potential spoiler below.
Near the end of the show’s final season, William Jackson Harper’s character, Chidi, and Kristen Bell’s Eleanor are discussing mortality, and Chidi shares a Buddhist conception of death that compares a
‘From Liberty Street’ to Your Street, Mapache Delivers the Feel of Togetherness
Have you seen the news lately? Things are looking pretty bleak out there, what with the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout. Concerts and other mass-attended events are being cancelled, folks are being encouraged to stay home and avoid public spaces — it’s more than a little overwhelming and terrifying.
But