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Music

Sounds in the Dark

By Durand Jones

Long Live the Queen of Memphis

By Zandria F. Robinson

At the Top of Your Lungs Is a Power Imbalance

By Kendra Allen

Ballads Music Credits

By Oxford American

The Middle Eight

By Oxford American

“God bless America and God bless the Oxford American…”
—Dolly Parton

Web Feature

About Her Voice

Singing is “the most enigmatic of performing arts,” the author, editor, critic, and self-professed “diva lover” Andrew Chan writes.

By Danielle Amir Jackson
Web Feature

Space, Race, and Country Music

The 2023 Windy City Smokeout was housed in the parking lot of the United Center, on Chicago’s Near West Side.

By Francesca T. Royster
Eyes on the South

Loud Quiet Loud

In “The Kids Will Be All Right,” Jones collects a set of black-and-white photographs that exist on the border of calm and chaos.

By Cory Jones