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Battleground North Carolina: Democratic Women Fired Up!

Michael Carmichael | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, David Koch, Tea Party, Chapel Hill, Richard Burr, Koch Brothers, Unc, Orange County Democratic Women, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, John Lewis, Hamilton, Molly Ivins, Harry Truman, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Mecklenburg County NC, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nino Scalia, Paul Wellstone, 2012, Republican, Battle of the South, Jefferson, Cesar Chavez, Bank of America, Gay Rights, Joan Dresser, Charlotte-North Carolina, Charlotte, Barbara Jordan, North Carolina, Palin-Bachmann, Abortion Rights, Citizens United, John Roberts, Wake County, Ellie Kinnaird, Tom Tillis, Donna Brazile, Jim Crow, Wall Street, Alice Bordsen, Charles Koch, North Carolina Democratic Women, Wake County School Board, Jimmy Carter, Gene Nichol, Renee Price, Lillian's List, David Price, Art Pope, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

Recognizing that women's rights will take a devastating hit if Republicans return to power in 2012, Democratic women are rising to face the challenge.

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A Tiger Suit, Junip & Great Companions: Conversations with KT Tunstall, Dar Williams, and José González, plus a KT Video Exclusive

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Robert Smith, Patty Larkin, Zero 7, Cliff Chenfeld, Joan Baez, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tobias Winterkorn, The O.C., Paul Minor, PJ Harvey, Gary Louris, One Tree Hill, Feist, Dar Williams, David Bowie, The Muppets, Jarvis Cocker, Bossa Nova, José González, Martha Wainwright, Laurie Anderson, KT Tunstall, Sean Watkins, Sara Watkins, The Jayhawks, U2, Brian Eno, Jack Johnson, Vanessa Carlton, The Kings of Convenience, Robyn Hitchcock, Elias Araya, Video, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Twenty Suggestions For Mother's Day Gifts You Won't Find In Store Windows or 'Recommended' Lists

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Kelly Corrigan, Wendy Burden, Diana Vreeland, Opera, Clarisonic, Herbie Mann, Shure Earphones, Egyptian Magic, Colette, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Flip Video, Sharon Olds, T3 Bespoke Hair Dryer, Mothers Day Gifts, Mother's Day Gifts, Slidepollajax, Mothers Day Presents, Style News
Jesse Kornbluth

My mother is now 93, with all her marbles intact. She spends her time on the computer and she's been places on the Web I've never thought to go. She's pretty much memorized the Wall Street Journal before I wake up. Find something cool for her-- why not? My mother's life experience suggests that moms aren't what they used to be. Which makes gifting more difficult on Mother's Day-- or any day.

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Play > Skip: New Music for April 27

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Melissa Ethridge, Peter Frampton, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Courtney Love, B.o.B, Hole, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

Melissa Etheridge yearns, Peter Frampton gets autobiographical, Mary Chapin Carpenter gets reflective, and Courtney Love is... well... Courtney Love.

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Mary Chapin Carpenter Nearly Died, So I Asked Her: 'What's Different?' She Said: 'I'm Free'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

"We've got two lives, one we're given, the other one we make," Mary Chapin Carpenter sang on Come On Come On, her 1992 breakthrough album. For her, th...

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It Takes The Village: Interviews with Shelby Lynne, Rickie Lee Jones, Michael Timmins, John Oates, Amos Lee, Rachael Yamagata, Steve Berlin, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amos Lee, The Decemberists, Leftover Salmon, Mississippi John Hurt, Sonny Terry, Los Lobos, The Lovin' Spoonful, Eric Andersen, Joe Ely, John Sebastian, Chip Taylor, Pete Seeger, Matt Umanov, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Hall & Oates, Brownie McGee, Greenwich Village, Woody Guthrie, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Fred Neil, Joan Baez, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, Daryl Hall, Rachael Yamagata, The Duhks, Sixpence None the Richer, Judy Collins, Doc Watson, Marshall Crenshaw, Art Alexakis, Bleecker Street, Bruce Hornsby, Lucinda Williams, Cowboy Junkies, Jerry Garcia, Dave Van Ronk, Suze Rotolo, Drew Emmitt, Bob Dylan, Tim Buckley, This Mortal Coil, Shelby Lynne, Rhino Records, Steve Berlin, Entertainment News, Rocco DeLuca, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, John Oates, Richie Havens, 429 Records, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

It's a little surprising that until now, no one has put together a tribute album to folk's fertile days in New York's Greenwich Village.

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HuffPost Reviews: Jack Johnson, R.E.M., Train, Dolly, Carly, and More, Plus U2 Plays The Rose Bowl, and This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adam Clayton, Sesame Street, Jimmy Stafford, Paul Simon, Bono, Scott Underwood, Pam Tillis, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Counting Crows, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, Emmett Malloy, Elton John, David Bowie, Disney, Needtobreathe, "Weird Al" Yankovic, G Love, Pink Martini, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ben Harper, Kathy Mattea, Train, Tanya Tucker, Sara Watkins, Eddie Vedder, Larry Mullen Jr., U2, Von, Jack Johnson, Jackson Browne, American Idol, Pat Monahan, R.E.M., Moondog, Elvis Costello, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

In 2008, Jack Johnson toured the world with his Sleep Through The Static concerts, the best of these shows assembled for his new CD/DVD En Concert.

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Savannah Book Festival: Escape From a Cold Virtual World

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kindle, New Orleans, Gretchen Peters, Avatar, Social Networking, Twitter, Savannah, Audiobooks, Music, Reza Aslan, Facebook, Caroline Herring, Vince Flynn, Kate Campbell, Mary Alice Monroe, Eudora Welty, Rick Bragg, Savannah Literary Festival, Lauretta Hannon, Julia Reed, Georgia, Southern Writers, Jackson Mississippi, Newsweek, Claire Holley, Authors, Books, Talk Radio, Civil Discourse, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Facebook Addiction, Blogging, Writers, Lucinda Williams, Southern Hospitality, Books News
Georgianne Nienaber

Has it occurred to you that social networking is really not very social at all? We Twitter, and cultivate relationships with hundreds of "friends" we have never met on Facebook.

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Mary Chapin Carpenter Returns to the Stage and Talks about Eudora Welty, Inspiration, and Bonding

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kate Campbell, Literature, Eudora Welty, Art, Souhthern Women, Entertainment, Nobel Prize Literature, Southern Writers, Jackson Mississippi, Folk Music, Georgianne Nienaber, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Caroline Herring, Claire Holley, Entertainment News
Georgianne Nienaber

Five-time Grammy winner, Mary Chapin Carpenter is still raving about the experience she had performing with Kate Campbell, Claire Holley and Caroline Herring at the Eudora Welty Centennial Concert.

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