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9:53 am
Wed May 8, 2013

Musical mavens: Bluegrass, Western swing and Son of Fab

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John Mark Dempsey

I’ve probably seen more musical performances this year than the previous 10 years combined (as described previously, the ’60s band the Zombies, followed by Eric Clapton and the performers named here).

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Arts & Music
11:45 am
Thu May 2, 2013

Ricky Skaggs talks Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, and bluegrass

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Artwork from Skaggs' latest album, Music to my Ears.

The Quebe Sisters open for Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder at Greenville's Municipal Auditorium on Thursday, May 2nd. In the run-up to that show, Ricky visited with KETR's Jerrod Knight via telephone from his home in Nashville.

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Arts & Culture
6:30 am
Wed April 24, 2013

Believe It Anyway: biblical tales in bold fashion

A screenshot from the trailer for the performance piece, "Believe It Anyway."

A late-night televangelist and his overuse of the phrase, "Believe it anyway!" was the impetus for what has become the joint creation of photographer/graphic artist Paul Bryan and musician/composer Chris Ramos.

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Black history month
6:15 pm
Fri February 22, 2013

'March with Me' into child's view of civil rights struggle

Rosalie Turner, author of historical fiction set in 1960s Birmingham, Ala., is in Commerce this week.

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