The time capsule, buried in January 2000, was unearthed Friday, revealing artifacts from a different era. Items inside included an old candy box, newspapers, toys and laminated documents.

Amy Alvey and I took some holiday down time to sip our bitters-infused bourbon cocktails to think about the year in old-time and bluegrass music. Because special things happen when the electricity’s ...

“The Barrett Sisters are a bookmark to a time period in American history,” Daniel Walker, founding director of the Gospel Music History Project, said in “Sweet Sisters of Zion,” “where ...