Once, if you can imagine it, Presidential candidates stayed home. The campaign trail was unseemly. Then came William Henry Harrison, who took to the road to prove his good health and then, in 1840, ...

On Sept. 23, singer-songwriters Billy Bragg and Joe Henry released “Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad.” The pair tackles traditional tunes such as “Rock Island Line,” ...

British folk icon Billy Bragg and Americana stalwart Joe Henry teamed up this past year to “make a record of the railroad”. The pair boarded the Texas Eagle in Chicago and rode Amtrak’s longest ...

Silkroad has announced a new series of concerts, Train Station Trios: Songs & Stories of the American Railroad, that is tied to its multi-year initiative led by Artistic Director Rhiannon Giddens. In ...

Tim Carbone (fiddle, electric guitar, vocals) is a big Jack Kerouac fan. He’s read nearly all his stuff, and even owns audio of the writer reading his own work. In fact, it was Kerouac’s poem, ...

Fort Caspar Museum Association is pleased to announce its Spring Lunch and Learn program. It will be held on Saturday, May 13th and will feature musical historian Bill Rossiter who will present "The ...

New music dedicated to and inspired by the many unsung people who built America's railroads is the focus of the Silkroad Ensemble's ambitious multicultural production coming to the Bay Area this week.