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Featured, MusicFebruary 27, 2024

The Happy Hollow String Band: Bluegrass and ’70s Feminism

An all-girl, all-teen string band in rural North Carolina was making a powerful feminist statement when they formed amid the male-dominated bluegrass scene of the early 1970s. Contemporary outfits like Della Mae can thank them for paving the way.

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Featured, Music, News & CultureMarch 4, 2023

Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson: May the Circle Be Unbroken

In 2012, within the span of two months, North Carolina lost two of its most famous and most loved musical voices, Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs. This was my tribute to them.

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