R.E.M., Hootie, Black Crowes Supergroup Tells All: Meet Howl Owl Howl

Darius Rucker, Mike Mills, and Steve Gorman reveal their supergroup's origins. Plus: Why R.E.M. won't reunite and Hootie's ...

The Choral: this moving first world war film reveals the power of music to transcend despair

Set in the Oxfordshire village of Ramsden in 1916, The Choral inhabits a world where the war is distant – yet its shadow lies ...
Wall Street Journal

How Mamdani’s Brooklyn Became the Heart of the Democrats’ Civil War

NEW YORK CITY—On a recent Saturday morning, Susan Metz, a retired public school teacher, shouted amid a throng of protesters at the “No Kings” march along Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza. The focus of her ...
The Daily News Online

Hornell concert to feature Civil War–inspired work ‘Antietam’

HORNELL — A Dansville resident is turning history into harmony with an original Civil War–inspired composition premiering later this month. Chris Lynn, a music teacher at Wayland-Cohocton Central ...
The New York Times

Russia Jails Street Band for Performing Antiwar Songs

The group, called Stoptime, had been performing anti-Kremlin songs for months and gaining in popularity before the authorities moved against the open dissent. By Ivan Nechepurenko Reporting from St.
Odessa American

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Far left leading to a civil war

J. B. Pritzker, the gargantuan, super-sized poster boy for obesity, recently said that Trump was “trying to re-enact the Civil War. I’ve been thinking a civil war was coming for the last forty years.
Reuters

Hamas' Gaza chief: group received guarantees from mediators, US confirming war ended

CAIRO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Exiled Gaza chief Khalil Al-Hayya said on Thursday the group has received guarantees from the United States, Arab mediators, and Turkey that the war in Gaza has permanently ...
Gothamist

NY civil liberties group cries foul after prosecutor resigns rather than charge AG James

The New York Civil Liberties Union is crying foul after a Republican federal prosecutor stepped down for refusing to bring criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James. Erik ...
app.com

Hozier, citing Springsteen, says remember your civil rights history at Sea Hear Now

Irish music star Hozier capped the opening day of the Sea Hear Now festival in Asbury Park with a night of big, bold gospel-inflected rock. Hozier’s set delivered big rock riffs and spiritual uplifts ...
The Holland Sentinel

Holland Civil War Muster to re-enact Battle of Petersburg in September

An annual event highlighting civic history returns to Van Raalte Farm Park in September. The 16th Annual Van Raalte Farm Civil War Muster runs Sept. 20-21 at 1076 E. 16th St. in Holland, with hours ...
The Atlantic

Strawberries in Winter

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Some years ago, trying to understand what it might take to break ...