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Expect performances, landmark musical collaborations, talks, workshops, films, theatr, ceilidhs, exhibitions, free events and late-night sessions

The four artists discuss finding their unique voices in music, and pressing forward for greater inclusion and equity within the music industry

Allison Russell is using her album "Outside Child" to show that survivors joy exists, and shes proof of it.

Greensboro native Rhiannon Giddens will perform in concert with Francesco Turrisi on Sept. 2 at the citys new Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts.

Sylvia J. DiVecchio, beloved mother and sister and aunt to many, passed away peacefully on July 24, 2021, at home surrounded by family. Sylvia was born to Italian immigrants Nicola and Pia Campinotti, who came to Pescadero, Calif., with their two eldest children and started farming. Sylvia and her twin, Elda, came along shortly. After her parents died, Sylvia and her eldest siblings, Edward Campinotti and Lena Bandini, continued with the family business and ran it for over 50 years, known as P....

Patti Brown, of Woodland, approaches the memorial placed at the site where her great-grandfather, Nevada County Sheriff David Douglass, was shot and killed in the line of duty 125 years ago while pursuing a highwayman. Brown and her husband Frank Brown were accompanied by Sgt. Andrew Liller, Sheriff Shannan Moon, and Lt. Sean Scales with the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office. Photo: Elias Funez When Sheriff David Fulton Douglass’ great-granddaughter Patti Brown visited her slain ancestor’s m...

Music heals. Allison Russell is a great example of that. The singer-songwriter has been part of several musical projects, including Po’ Girl and Birds of Chicago. Most recently, Russell was involved with folk group Our Native Daughters, where she was able to dispel a massive writer’s block. New songs came out in a torrent. The result is Outside Child, an album that lays bare both personal and intergenerational abuse. Despite creating art from trauma, Russell is strengthened by love, connec...

Why This Album Matters: Amythyst Kiah shares her own experiences, struggles, and hopes as a queer Black woman in the South on this very personal collection of songs that reflects the ongoing national discourse on race and identity. The Tennessee-born Kiah, who plays acoustic guitar and is backed by a formidable band, has a strong, confident voice and profound honesty as a lyricist. Wary + Strange is a multidimensional statement on Black power, gay pride, and self-discovery.  In Her Own Words:...

Montreal-born singer Allison Russells music is all about resilience Russell experienced a horrific upbringing, but her acclaimed album Outside Child "is about breaking that cycle and getting free of it." Author of the article: Brendan Kelly  •  Montreal Gazette Publishing date: Jun 10, 2021  •  7 minutes ago  •  5 minute read  •  “Montreal was my cradle and mother in a way my own mother couldn’t be,” says Allison Russell. “I was fed by the arts and culture cont...

The June 12, 5pm concert features Lavender Country, the first out gay country band (since 1973), Amythyst Kiah, the award-winning singer songwriter from the all-women-of-color Our Native Daughters, out trans woman folk-punker Shawna Virago, Haitian-born and UK-based Alt-Americana Country-Noire singer DeLila Black, and the First Lady of Queer Country herself, Cindy Emch of Secret Emchy Society, who curated the line-up, with MC Jbird McLaughlin. Collectively, and on their own, these musicia...