“Look for the helpers,” goes the quote from Mr. Rogers about his mother’s advice in the face of scary times. “You will always find people who are helping.” And even in this time of social distance and political division, it’s […]
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While 2020 has been a challenging year for the publishing industry — as it has been for the music business — with sales swaying up and down, sometimes wildly, and with author events being canceled because of the pandemic, there […]
Still looking for a last-minute gift for the musician in your life? While you can normally categorize musicians into the “people who travel a lot” section of your holiday shopping, we all know that this year has looked a little […]
Even though it couldn’t take place on the Ryman Auditorium stage this year amid the usual packed schedule of a sweaty September AmericanaFest, the Americana Music Association’s 19th annual Americana Honors & Awards still celebrated the genre’s torchbearers in […]
When I first sat down to select this year’s outstanding photos, I thought it would be a relatively easy task as the opportunities to photograph shows dwindled down to near nothing pretty early into 2020. But, as Patsy Cline sang, […]
The year 2000 was an absolutely dizzying time to be a music fan. Intricately constructed boy bands and hyper-objectified teen divas ruled radio, MTV, and record sales, with the top two best-selling albums of the year being NSYNC’s No […]
According to a press release from 2911 Media, country music icon Charley Pride has died at age 86. He passed away on Saturday, Dec. 12 in Dallas, Texas, due to complications from COVID-19. Pride, a celebrated vocalist and guitarist, was […]
December is not supposed to be a busy music news season! Generally in December, releases slow to a trickle, tours (back when those were a thing) wrap up, and aside from year-end lists, there’s just not much to talk about. […]
The challenge of writing about books — and music or film, for that matter — is sheer volume. Writing about only one book a week means that there are far more books about which I don’t write than those I […]
A lot of traditions have had to be laid aside in this giant bummer of a year, but a slew of new holiday music releases isn’t one of them. To help you wade through all the shiny paper and twinkling […]
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