Jewly Hight
Stories
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Loretta Lynn, country music icon, has died at 90
The country singer brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting over the course of her 60-year career.
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The Journey Took Madi Diaz To Creating Her New Album, 'History Of A Feeling'
Madi Diaz had much to process leading up to her new album, History of a Feeling: moving home to Nashville from L.A., reestablishing herself as a solo artist and splitting from her partner.
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Bluegrass Band Sister Sadie Embodies Tradition, But Bends It Too
This fall, the bluegrass supergroup Sister Sadie became the first all-female band ever to win the top prize at the International Bluegrass Music Association awards.
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The Woman Leading The Fiddle Revival In Country Music
Fiddler Jenee Fleenor is the first woman ever to win the Country Music Association's Musician of the Year Award. Her work is partly responsible for the instrument's resurgence.
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Mother, Matriarch And Mentor
There really was no precedent for Maybelle Carter, who learned to play from her own mother and spent much of her life teaching her children — as well as generations of country stars that followed.
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First Listen: Rosanne Cash, 'She Remembers Everything'
Rosanne Cash wields her lived testimony as a threat and a source of comfort.