Two months before the release of his band’s finest album, Bradley Nowell stuck a needle in his arm and died. In the 18 months since, Sublime has become the biggest rock act of 1997
Dixie Lullaby: An Excerpt
Preface from the book ‘Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race, and New Beginnings in a New South,’ by Mark Kemp (Simon & Schuster, 2004; The University of Georgia Press, 2006)
K-Love: What the Dad Doesn’t Know, the Daughters Understand
A veteran music journalist takes his family to see K-pop sensations Stray Kids and gets a crash course on aging gratefully.
A.O.: Artificial Opinions
Have we graduated from A.I.-generated stories about compassionate celebrities to A.I.-enhanced political commentary?
The ‘Troubles’ with Mickey
A North Carolina singer revisits the ‘Wasteground’ of his Northern Ireland youth In 2018, I got a CD in the mail from an Irish singer-songwriter […]
David Childers: North Carolina’s most underrated songwriter
Facing cancer and a long-overdue honor, this small-town Renaissance man reflects on his faith, his art, and his gratitude
The Vulnerable Beatle
Fans can get a pretty good idea of who John Lennon was — and what contradictions he lived — from his full body of solo music.
New Day Rising
I’m excited by the endless possibilities of where retirement will take me and the people I love during this new chapter of my life. If you’d like to join us, please follow this blog
Drive By Truckers: On the Road
Jump on the tour bus! It’s early December 2010 and the Drive By Truckers are pulling out for a quick trip down to Charleston, South Carolina.
Cindy Lee Berryhill: Beat Poet
Since folk music seems to sound better coming from New York than it does from California, Cindy Lee Berryhill sounds better today than she did last year