Jan is ready for a new challenge. She's recently moved to Colorado and wants to take advantage of the new terrain and start mountain running. Before the move, she'd been working on her fitness for ...

COLONIE — For 40 years they have gathered with their string wooden instruments to share conversation with one another and celebrate in song. The Dulcimer Association of Albany originated in 1985 to ...

I’ve been thinking a lot about shoshin lately, the Japanese word for “beginner’s mind.” I first wrote about it here, after learning the word from a guest on my podcast Fifty Words for Snow. My co-host ...

The music seems to spring from the earth, as if nurtured deep inside it. Every first Saturday, members of the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association gather in Tupelo from 10 a.m. to noon to create a ...

On "the beginning of the end," Springs returns with her genre-shattering urgency. Her vocals are the song's true north, pointed with urgent desire. The background shifts through a variety of sonic ...

The housing boom early this century sent housing prices soaring for many years. When that bull market in housing finally peaked in 2007, the bust that followed helped trigger the Great Financial ...

It's the perfect lesson for newer students that are starting to become confident with simple chord progressions and are looking to develop creativity with their strumming. If you are struggling with ...

The epic sendoff of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath touring career is headed to theaters for fans looking to relive the event. Fans will soon have a chance to do it all over again. Mercury Studios has ...

The afterglow is still present from Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's Back to the Beginning concert, with many of the performers now sharing on social media what it meant to be part of the farewell ...

Joan Wickersham’s latest book is “No Ship Sets Out To Be A Shipwreck.” She is a contributing Globe Opinion writer. Back in the dark days of winter, I signed up to take a two-hour pottery workshop. My ...