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Linda Blackford: A group of Louisvillians that includes Ben Sollee, Emily Bingham and Hannah Drake have reckoned with Kentucky’s melodic but racist state song and come up with some inclusive ideas for an alternative.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (PRWEB) April 26, 2023 -- As the Kentucky Derby approaches viewers across the nation will hear the controversial state song, “My Old Kentucky
Grammy and Emmy winners Time for Three will perform a benefit concert to raise money for the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra this Saturday (April 29).
The tenth Big Ears Music Festival would have been a landmark for 21st century music even with a lineup half as large, even without some of its biggest-drawing stars of jazz and indie folk. That an event this radically eclectic and this demanding in its curation could survive and thrive over more than a decade suggests something encouraging about our highly distracted and fractured 2020s culture. In Episode 242 of The String, I take a field trip to Knoxville, TN to share the story of the Big Ears idea, my impressions of some outstanding performances, and the voices of important creators who spa...
This week's entertainment calendar offers everything from a bird count to a fandom convention to an antiques show and sale.