I first heard of The Civil Wars in Nashville, from their producer, Charlie Peacock. They stood out, he said, so it wasn’t surprising that…

It was one of those rare moments in life. It’s only happened twice to me, that I remember exactly where I was and what…

I grew up around hymns and early learned to dislike them. It was the only music allowed in our fundamentalist home. I didn’t have…

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What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of "world music"? Pygmies in Africa pounding on animal skins? Mariachi bands…

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You may not be up on the latest world music, but chances are you’ve heard a wide selection of global grooves in an unlikely…