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Katie Crutchfield came riding into St. Petersburg on a high yesterday. Two nights beforehand, her band Waxahatchee played Nashville’s Ryman Theater where Lucinda Williams joined in onstage. Waxahatchee’s last two albums have a musical address on the same gravel roads as work by the Americana legend, and Crutchfield was still glowing from the experience as she walked down the spiral stairs at Jannus Live.

(RNS) — Once a Nashville-based variety show, the podcast has evolved into a conversation about the meaning of life. The show currently airs on a handful of public radio stations, with aspirations of going national.

Out today (October 13) is "Fyfty," a new box set compilation spanning Lynyrd Skynyrd's career over 50 tracks to celebrate this year's -- you guessed it -- 50th anniversary of the fans' first album. The collection is housed in a 12x12 vinyl album-sized format and features a number of unreleased tracks, including alternative live versions of several songs, including "Free Bird," from the 1976 stand at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta that was recorded for the group's 1976 live album "One More From the Road." It also features a rendition of &qu...

“While I understand the family is honoring me, in my mind, I am also honoring them for all they have allowed me to do, see and be a part of at a time when they didn’t have to,” Dupri said.

There’s about to be a new neighborhood right smack in the middle of downtown. And it’s exactly what Birmingham needs these days as a “next step” on its path toward re-emergence as a great place to work, play and live.