Road Tunes Playlist

The country megastar’s first book is “a love letter” to his creative art

A conversation with Scott Avett, of the North Carolina roots favorite, and Faith No More’s legendary frontman on the year’s most unexpected musical collaboration

A new book and Country Music Hall of Fame exhibition tell how a small Alabama community helped put Aretha Franklin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, and other greats on the map

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