When the TV show Nashville left us last season, Juliette Barnes (played swimmingly by Hayden “Save the cheerleader, save the world” Panettiere) was burying her mother and, apparently, swallowing her first welcome dose of reality. Meanwhile, Rayna James (the incredible Connie […]
“Folk music” is a funny thing. In the most generalized sense, the phrase refers to the music of the people. In other words, music made by and for the folk. In even other words, all music. As Louis Armstrong said, […]
After a day of rain and drenched shoes squishing through mud, the second day of this year’s Newport Folk Festival was beating with sun. Arriving a little late, I took a seat at the back of the crowd around the […]
Last night, I headed down to our local indie bookseller, Malaprop’s, to hear a talk by the journalist Mark Kurlansky, whose new book Ready for a Brand New Beat: How “Dancing in the Street” Became the Anthem for a Changing […]
