After setting up cultural conflict on the album’s first songs, DeMent ushers in a wintery chill mid-album with “The Cherry Orchard” and “Nothin’ for the Dead.” She follows those songs with others that ...

The University of Michigan’s fight song “The Victors” began with a frustrated student in 1898 and gained fame after John ...

Shakey Grounds is what I would call a “little movie.” The budget was small, the actors (except for a cameo by the always good ...