Novelist Patricia L. Hudson brings Rebecca Boone, Daniel’s wife, to the fore
…be, married to a man who was forever leaving the homestead to blaze some new trail. Young Rebecca was sensitive by nature, finely attuned to the natural beauty of the…
Francesca T. Royster’s Black Country Music challenges boundaries
…people do! This is why the contemporary work of Taj Mahal, Jake Blount, The Carolina Chocolate Drops and Rhiannon Giddens, Our Native Daughters, and others reinventing the banjo, and also…
Buddy Emmons’ name was synonymous with the sound of his beloved steel guitar
…to George Strait, Ray Charles to the Everly Brothers. He was also an innovator, improving the mechanisms of the instrument and designing his “Emmons Original” model. As Fishell, a pedal…
Mastodons to Mississippians explores ancient Nashville
…federal, state, and local level to better protect our archaeological heritage? Deter-Wolf and Peres: There is a patchwork of federal and state laws that protect archaeological resources in the United…
Stories from the Attic is the final collection by William Gay
…Wolfe, Flannery O’Connor, Truman Capote, and Erskine Caldwell. Gay was “a little put off” by Caldwell because the Georgia author wrote about white men mistreating African Americans and included scenes…
Bluegrass legend Roland White always put the music first
…like the banana bread for dessert, we’re told. And after dinner came the real main course — they played music. Black chronicles it all with care and detail, as the…
