Decades are mile markers and as they recede into the rearview, they acquire meaning, if only by their distance.... more

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Recent celebrations in Berlin commemorated the 20th anniversary of 11/9/89, the night that joyful crowds first breached the hated Wall between East and West Berlin, and the iconic highpoint of a year ... more

It turns out that, as a species, we have evolved to see and hear God.... more

I recently spent the evening at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory taking in a séance conducted by Jonathan Kane’s Februar... more

Spiritual, haunted, rollicking and fiercely independent: Nathan Salsburg and a group of like-minded artists pay tribute to a singular voice from the Blue Ridge, E.C. Ball.

In 1936, a 21-year-old Alan Lomax, on his first solo ethnographic expedition, discovered a nation redefining its identity. He struggled with personal and technical challenges, but returned with 1,500 recordings and film — now available for the first time from Harte Recordings, the Lomax archive, and the Library of Congress.

Lonely woods and lost loves, deadly encounters and a waiting noose… the dark history of the murder ballad. Exclusive video interview and three original performances from country-music hero Charlie Louvin, and a murder ballad playlist. Two of Charlie's recordings were recently nominated for Grammy Awards.