Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif. Trump signs order imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Army releases name of 3rd soldier who died in ...

Born and raised in rural Georgia, Willow Avalon grew up surrounded by country and gospel music. At the age of 12, she taught ...

Bob Dylan has often proved a divisive live act, but the folk hero had his own ideas about the greatest live act of all time, coming in the form of Howlin' Wolf.

From the column: "I have been painfully stuck in survival mode for about two years now here in northern Minnesota, forced to survive by only my wits; failure has not been an option." ...

A woman in her eighties, rigid and conservative, had become cynical.  She thought everything modern was bad and every new change was a disaster.  She complained to her minister, “Pastor, it’s a good ...

The Courant’s arts picks for Feb. 2-8 includes an immigration-themed concert, country crooners and a side of comic relief.

Beyoncé's latest record, Cowboy Carter, is a wildly ambitious attempt to contextualise and commemorate the black roots of ...

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Rajan Philips Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is ...

Only a few students showed up to the first Friday outreach, Jolyn said. Soon, that handful of students grew to about 60. When Franklin’s final bell hit on Fridays, students knew Glad Tidings was the ...

Say what you will about the first two weeks of the second presidency of Donald Trump, it has certainly put the focus on ...

Whether Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow will forecast the weather, and the annual celebration is a boon for the whole ...