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Guitarist Bob Margolin said his life changed when he first heard Muddy Waters.

Shiela Klinefelter has spent more than 30 years immersing herself in the blues. In a music store she ran with her husband, she picked up bits of knowledge from many

Cait Allen wound up in northern California after dropping out of college and went to ministry school for a year. But, as she describes it, the group she was with

Growing up, Eli Fribush never had to buy an instrument because his family always kept an assortment around the house.

For horn players looking to show off their stuff, Steve Blake says, salsa is hard to beat.

In his song “Drifters Excuse,” Ryan Johnson croons about how the “drifting life” has always been all he’s known. The highway life has been his while he’s chasing a dream.

The Farm Pavilion, a ribbon-cutting for which was held in September, has classrooms, labs, cold storage and an auditorium, along with office space for those who are doing work on

Joey Recchio is probably best known for singing and playing guitar in Winston-Salem band Big Daddy Love.

Diana Tuffin was told while growing up that she should get “a serious job.”

Sixteen musicians from North Carolina and Georgia will face off on social media beginning April 5. The Georgia Songbirds Podcast is hosting the Songwriters Showdown, a contest pitting the two states against one another. Each week, videos from participating musicians will be uploaded to the podcast’s Facebook page, where fans will determine their favorites by viewing, liking and sharing. Eight musicians from each state will be taking part. Among those from North Carolina, are six from the T...