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Appalachian Road Show and Sierra Hull were two more of the most-awarded artists at this year's show.

Appalachian Road Show and Sierra Hull were two more of the most-awarded artists at this year's show.

Appalachian Road Show and Sierra Hull were two more of the most-awarded artists at this year's show.

On the most celebratory night of a smaller-than-usual World of Bluegrass, in Raleigh, NC, the IBMA Thursday night crowned a new Entertainer of the Year and one of its youngest ever in bandleader and songwriter Billy Strings. The artist, who released his third album last Friday, also won Guitar Player of the Year for the second time in three years.

increase font size A spendy restaurant in Maine is the backdrop for love, loss and strife in Anne Britting Oleson’s latest novel As the characters in 'Cow Palace' attempt to commit to one another, they reveal much about the human heart. By Frank O Smith Share Anne Britting Oleson lets readers know right from the start that they are in for something different from her previous fiction. The title alone, “Cow Palace,” lacks the literary ring of her first three novels: “The Book of the Mandolin Player,” “The Dovecote” and “Tapiser.” That difference is amplified by the book’s...