Connecting the threads of culture and music takes a full year of planning and a big dose of what folklorist Rachel Reynolds calls “magical pragmatism.” That force was hard at work as Reynolds planned ...

Bite into an old blues song. Spit some out. Let it sit in the sun, soften and rot. Find a blues seed in the pulp. Replant it in a pile of rock. See that seed take root, grow stronger amid the stones.

When Nat Myers entered the hospital back in February he was diagnosed with a rare cancer and given days or just weeks to live. He’s still around, though, and despite the fact that his cancer is still ...

CEDAR PARK – Music lovers are in for a treat this weekend as the Austin Country, Blues and Red Dirt Festival presents award-winning artists, an arts and crafts marketplace, Farmers Fresh Market, and ...

When it comes to heartbreak in 2025, young country music and blues star Nat Myers has had his fair share. Earlier this year he was diagnosed with a rare, incurable cancer, and this week the was hit by ...

Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North.

The Marshfield Fair will return for its 157th season, bringing back favorite entertainment acts and presenting new contests to show off local talent. The fair begins Friday, Aug. 15, and runs through ...

Released in 2010 and produced by T Bone Burnett , Country Music stands out in Willie Nelson ’s catalog for its restraint. There’s no attempt to modernize the material or frame it as a comeback.

Rising country and blues artist Nat Myers is facing another tragedy amid his ongoing battle with a rare form of cancer. The 33-year-old Kentucky native announced this week that his father, Daniel Lee ...