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Follow James Agee's Footsteps Through Knoxville Mar. 02, 2019
By Steve Bergsman The 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "A Death in the Family," begins in narrative... Read More
Trace Civil Rights History in Birmingham Feb. 10, 2019
By Steve Bergsman In the course of working with Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Beverly Lee of the Shire... Read More
Come to Muscle Shoals for the Music Feb. 09, 2019
By Steve Bergsman "Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers. And they've been known to pick a song or ... Read More
Love Country Music? Visit Bristol, Tennessee Jan. 20, 2019
By Steve Bergsman A while back I was in a Nashville recording studio chatting with Carl Jackson, a G... Read More
Southern States Offer Thunder Road Sites Jan. 19, 2019
By Steve Bergsman The house manager of the beautifully restored movie palace, the Paramount, in Bris... Read More
A Stop in Literary Asheville Oct. 21, 2018
By Steve Bergsman I had been interested in visiting the Appalachian community of Black Mountain, Nor... Read More
Finding Tom Dooley in Wilkesboro, N.C. Oct. 20, 2018
By Steve Bergsman Back in 1958, the Kingston Trio released the song "Tom Dooley," which went on to b... Read More
Poetry and Natural Beauty on the Island of Guadeloupe Sep. 08, 2018
By Steve Bergsman As my wife and I stood at the edge of the Guadeloupe rainforest contemplating the ... Read More
Munch's Work Lives on in Norway May. 20, 2018
By Steve Bergsman I don't recall Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's writing one of his Sherlock Holmes stories... Read More
Munch's Work Lives on in Norway May. 19, 2018
By Steve Bergsman Edvard Munch was eluding me. While I was in Oslo, I thought I would seek out Norwa... Read More
Plan to Get Off the Train in Flam, Norway May. 06, 2018
By Steve Bergsman Probably the best disaster movie in the past decade was not American but Norwegia... Read More
Grieg's Norway Home Is a Must for Musicians May. 05, 2018
By Steve Bergsman It was a dark and gloomy day with rain periodically blowing in sheets across the c... Read More
Take a Nostalgic Trip to 'River City' Mar. 04, 2018
By Steve Bergsman At the turn of the 20th century, Mason City was a powerful commercial center and f... Read More
Montreal Remembers Leonard Cohen Nov. 26, 2017
ATTENTION TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE EDITORS: THE FOLLOWING IS A REVISED AND CORRECTED VERSION OF A PREVIO... Read More
The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Celebrates Music Oct. 22, 2017
By Steve Bergsman Of all the buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places, probably ... Read More
Wind up the Season in Door County, Wisconsin Sep. 10, 2017
By Steve Bergsman The "poppy-folk" duo was called Future Stuff, and they were performing at the band... Read More
Find Rock and Blues on the Tina Turner Highway Sep. 03, 2017
By Steve Bergsman Tina Turner didn't write many songs, but there was one of which she was particular... Read More
Literary History Is on Display in Dublin, Ireland Jun. 11, 2017
By Steve Bergsman The Hotel REU Plaza the Gresham was once the grande dame of accommodations in Dubl... Read More
Dublin Is Ireland's 'Music City' Jun. 10, 2017
By Steve Bergsman Irish songstress Mary Black entered the hotel from a side door, but it wasn't to h... Read More
Relive 'The Quiet Man' in Cong, County Mayo, Ireland Apr. 01, 2017
By Steve Bergsman Ashford Castle in the heart of County Mayo, Ireland, is one of the most amazing pl... Read More
