For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.

McMichael died from complications of ALS, and despite his reckless style of play, he never blamed football for ALS.

The exhibition “Bowled Over,” featuring the skills and artistry of 21 ceramic artists, is currently on display at the Olive Free Library, 4033 state Route 28A, West Shokan, N.Y. Among the ...

News broke this week that the country music world has lost two more influential performers. That pushes the list of noteable country music names who have died in 2025 to at least eight. The following ...

Decatur native and MacArthur High School graduate David McDonald is the drummer for Airmen of Note, the jazz band of the ...

The internationally acclaimed Miró Quartet was founded in 1995. In 2003, it was selected as the resident string quartet for ...

The concept originated on the Springsteen and E Street Band 2020 album, “Letter to You,” which was framed around the passing of George Theiss, a death that left Springsteen as the last ...

Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens plays the banjo and viola on Beyoncé’s new song, “Texas Hold ’Em.” The Greensboro native is considered an icon in folk music ...

The weekend is also a celebration of the first Black Banjo Gathering that took place 20 years ago in Boone, and there will also be a reunion of Giddens’ Grammy-winning string band, the Carolina ...

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