To truly appreciate the history of Asheville's role in the birth of country music, you must understand its roots.

I met Greg while asking people to sing in the 14th street/8th avenue subway in NYC. After a snack break, we noticed a gentleman in a blue shirt who wanted to sing. We chose a song, and Greg delivered ...

When Detroit's Gerard Gibbs posted a brief online tribute to honor the late Jack DeJohnette, it also revealed Gibbs' love for jazz and his city.

The lyrics have a desperate narrator with blood on his hands—or maybe dirt, from burying a body— who turns to dodgy backwoods spiritualism for his hoped-for-redemption, on the chance that it will keep ...