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One of the largest rooftop solar energy projects in the Roanoke region is now operating at Goodwill Industries of the Valleys. Two counties in the Roanoke and New River valleys are separately seeking state funding to help with major broadband internet access expansion projects. Virginia Tech has launched a research institute focused on national security...

Today, Robert Finley, has announced additional upcoming fall tour dates that will include headline shows at venues across the US, including New York’s Mercury Lounge on October 18 and Philadelphia’s City Winery on October 19. Finley will also make a two-day festival appearance at Lancaster Roots & Blues Festival on October 16 & 17. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.robertfinleyofficial.com/  

Month 19 of the COVID-19 pandemic was a difficult — and deadly — one for Northeast Tennessee, with the region reporting its most new cases and deaths since last winter’s

Ballad Health officials are considering suspending some elective surgeries once again as novel coronavirus-related hospitalizations rise across the region. In a press conference Wednesday, Ballad Chief Executive Officer Alan Levine said that, in addition to the increasing number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus, emergency departments are seeing an abnormally high volume of high- and low-acuity patients for the month of July — adding more stress to the health system. As of Wednes...

Dan Auerbach on the Black Keys' new album 'Delta Kream,' his work as a producer, and missing John Prine.

The Black KeysDelta KreamNonesuch/Easy Eye Sound Records Why This Album Matters:Delta Kream finds The Black Keys getting back to their blues roots by

Dan Auerbach Summons the Ghosts of Mississippi Blues Dan Auerbach poses with the gem he used to record much of Delta Kream: a Kawai Kingston S4T once owned by raw blues slide master Hound Dog Taylor. Note Taylors name on the headstock, courtesy of the Dog himself, via a plastic-label punch. Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins On Delta Kream, the Black Keys and veteran slide master Kenny Brown dig deep to honor R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough—"two of the most important American musi...

They have sold more records than a lot of pop stars who are much more famous than they will ever be, but they’re still another band from Akron, Ohio.

Delta Kream album is also #2 on the Billboard Top Albums chart, and #1 on the Current Alternative Albums, Blues Albums, LP Vinyl Albums, Current Rock Albums, Americana/Folk Albums, and Billboard Tastemaker Albums charts.

Just in time for Father's Day, here's the Black Keys covering 11 Mississippi hill country blues songs. With lengthy guitar solos, whirling o...