Connecting the threads of culture and music takes a full year of planning and a big dose of what folklorist Rachel Reynolds calls “magical pragmatism.” That force was hard at work as Reynolds planned ...

"My songs spark a sincere love of music by universally touching hearts and souls," world-renowned country and folk artist Peter One says in a dressing room two hours before making his Grand Ole Opry ...

Chicago probably isn’t the first city that comes to mind when you think of country music. After all, Nashville calls itself the country music capital. And besides, isn’t Chicago too far north — and ...