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Like so many other musicians who have made a home in Nashville, singer Tomi Lunsford has spent her life immersed in country music. A native of Asheville,…

It’s About People Coming Together Over BarriersIn the early 1960s, New Orleans was like any other destination on the Gulf Coast — hot, steamy and…

Perhaps one of the most awe-inspiring facts about Ricky Riccardi, who directs research collections at the Louis Armstrong House Museum Collection in…

Carlos Miguel Prieto says he can’t dance and he’s no good at golf. Those may be the only pursuits that elude him. As a youngster, growing up in Mexico…

There’s a good chance that the name “Scott Billington” is on the back of your favorite album. Make that “albums.” As a long-time music producer for…

The most heavily traveled road in American music begins in black church congregations, (i.e., Baptist, AME, and Pentecostal, among others), and leads to…

Ann Savoy is a lot of things: a musician, scholar, ethnomusicologist, mother, and world traveler. One thing she’s not is boring.Savoy took the scenic…

She may have started 20 feet from stardom, but she’s gained a lot of ground in the meantime. Growing up in New Orleans’ 9th Ward, Erica Falls absorbed the…

Musicians make great teachers and Music Inside Out is shining a light on some of our favorite faculty:“Half-shot, hot spot, fleshpot, mascot, young Scott,…

American composer John Williams began arranging and scoring music for film and television in the late 1950s. In a career spanning sixty years, Williams…