Left for Dead, Chicago’s Carol’s Pub Reopens and Reclaims its Niche
I've eaten three fried-bologna sandwiches in my lifetime, each of them in Illinois.
The first was in Diane Rhodes' apartment at the Samuel Gompers Homes, the oldest public housing development in East St. Louis. Rhodes' teenage son, Tommie Liddell Jr., and his friend, Mark Howlett, had
Duo Paper Wings Honor the Past While Making Something Modern
On sophomore album Clementine, Paper Wings blends two distinct voices and impeccable skills as instrumentalists to create a modern, unified vision built on Appalachian traditions.
The duo features old-time music mainstay and California native Emily Mann and Wilhelmina Frankzerda, an Oregon-born, Nashville-based fiddling champion and a current member of the
Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers Join Forces For an Unforgettable Night at Carnegie Hall
They say “Practice, practice, practice” is what gets a person to Carnegie Hall. Well, Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek each have decades of practice under their belts, so it might come as a surprise to know that this week marked the latter’s debut performance in the hallowed New York
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,
On Lighthearted ‘My Tiny Twilight,’ Dawn Landes Delights Kids and Grown-ups Alike
Dawn Landes’ My Tiny Twilight EP bloomed out of the “exhaustion, bewilderment, and pure love” that followed the birth of her daughter. This collection of six folk songs — the follow-up to the Nashville-based singer/songwriter’s 2018 LP Meet Me at the River — is playful and kid-friendly, but its lighthearted
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