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"My handwriting was disgusting, but I think it got the job done."

Palestine-Wheatley School District in St. Francis County will move to a four-day week when students return to school this fall in one attempt to fill its 54-teacher roster.

Palestine-Wheatley School District in St. Francis County will move to a four-day week when students return to school this fall in one attempt to fill its 54-teacher roster.

Austin guitarist Eric Johnson talks about his two albums due July 30, plus more new local music from Trail of Dead, Fastball, Ray Prim and others.

Equal parts folksinger and American roots-rocker, Nick Pagliari makes classic music for the modern world. It's a sound anchored by heartland hooks and

Propelled by moody electric guitar, Stay Awake taps into the career-driven culture that can often push all of us to our limits.

Andrew Leahey and the Homestead tap into Tom Petty 'Wildflowers' in the new song 'Good at Gone.'

Andrew Leahey and the Homestead are proud to announce the upcoming release of American Static, Vol. 1, the first offering from a two-volume project spanning 18 original songs. Vol. 1 will be released via Mule Kick Records on October 22, 2021, with Vol. 2 arriving in early 2022.

Americana quartet Lake & Lyndale have been paving a path of their own. The group (singer Channing Marie, guitarist Jonathan Krentz, bassist Eric Clifford, and drummer Tyler Kloewer) moved to Nashville a few years back from MN, where their name comes from. The band, noted for live shows and acclaimed singles, “There’s a Weight” and “Still Here” found themselves limited like everyone in the pandemic; kept both offstage and out of their usual studio.