by Craig Nash | Mar 31, 2026 | Opinion
Hanan Townshend grew up on a dairy farm in New Zealand, which he acknowledges is an easy upbringing to romanticize. He does have fond memories of his childhood tending to the rhythms of farm life, but refers to the work as requiring “constant devotion.” It may have...
by Holly Berkley Fletcher | Mar 9, 2026 | Opinion
If it’s a Wednesday night, you’ll usually find me in the choir loft at my United Methodist Church, trying to decipher notes on a page of sheet music with my long-dormant, never-great sight-reading skills (new and improved with middle-aged eyes!). Fortunately,...
by Craig Nash | Dec 10, 2025 | Opinion
Nashville songwriting sessions are famous for the tedious hours spent trying to get something down on paper, only for a throwaway line in an unrelated side conversation to become the diamond in the rough a song needs to emerge from the chaos. For Phil Madeira and his...
by Craig Nash | Sep 18, 2025 | Opinion
With the upcoming release of the self-titled album from the Charlottesville, Virginia, band Ramona and the Holy Smokes, you’d expect a conversation with the group’s frontwoman to center on the music. Ramona Martinez is eager to share the songs from her debut project,...
by Paul Lewis | Sep 2, 2025 | Opinion
I’m not intentional about curating playlists for different occasions. Instead, I just go with what the algorithms send my way. I have begun to rethink that practice, however, in light of two books I have read recently. One is Christian Smith’s Why Religion Went...
