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After a glittering display of the northern lights, Jenny Schlecht reflects on the trade offs of living in a place that is ...

For Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1969 was the year that nearly everything went their way. The group released three albums ...

The English indie rock band Good Neighbors, made up of Oli Fox and Scott Verrill, delves into the story of grief and friendship that inspired their song "Ripple." ...

Kate Hudson doesn’t often cry when she screens her own movies — she’s too busy critiquing her work — but watching her latest film, “Song Sung Blue,” was an exception. She was sitting in a darkened ...

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