Hit List: Celebrate the Blues

The singer-songwriter plumbs the depths of a difficult year and emerges with a moving album about loss and resilience

Wright Thompson on how the musician indulges his bourbon love

When crisper, cooler temps arrive, set your compass on one of these eight destination music festivals

The future of conservation in the South just got a little bit brighter—and not just for salamanders

The mounds may look insignificant, but they’re the craftsmanship of local crustaceans called lawn lobsters

The drawls are receiving a lot of flak across the internet, but a North Carolina linguist argues they’re actually pretty accurate