THROUGH THE LENS: 2025 In Review - The Best of Everything

This week's news recap is both a reminder to "just keep swimming" and to keep supporting live and independent music amongst the horrors. Of the horrors out of Washington, the Kennedy Center will likely close this summer for the next two years. Trump made the announcement

Amidst the turmoil in the United Sates (including journalists being arrested and the murders in Minneapolis) Folk Alliance International (FAI) convened in New Orleans, Louisiana for its 38th year (January 21-25, 2026) appropriately titled Rise Up. FAI combines private and official showcases, panels, discussions, chats and more about the many

Out with the old, and in with the new. While the current events of the new year are things we'd probably all like to chuck out the window already (this seems to be an increasingly true statement as every year passes), in the queer country world there is