The jangly, chiming sound of acoustic and electric 12-string guitars have played a crucial role in popular music, from blues to rock, pop to folk. 12-string guitars feature six pairs of strings, known ...

Variety's writers pick the 50 best concerts of 2025, including Beyonce, David Byrne, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar and SZA, Paul ...

To help you explore North Carolina’s beaches, mountains, and barbecue- and bluegrass-filled cities, we consulted a cast of experts. Here are what celebrated chefs, adventure outfitters, and other ...

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Beyoncé’s hotly-anticipated foray into Country, COWBOY CARTER, is finally here and has brought with it a resurgence of mainstream interest in the genre. The second act in the songstress and mogul’s ...

School gets a lot of heat. Too much homework. Too many rules. Too many tests that don’t seem to matter later. And sure, some of that is fair. But school does something quiet and powerful that’s easy ...

In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2025, Justin Chang, Alison Willmore, and Bilge Ebiri—about the year in cinema. Dear Alison, Bilge, and Justin, For ...

Dear Alison, Bilge, and Justin, For an interview on a Slate podcast this month, I was asked to pick a movie that exemplified 2025—not the year’s best film necessarily, but one for which I could make ...

In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2025, Justin Chang, Alison Willmore, and Bilge Ebiri—about the year in cinema. Dear Alison, Bilge, and Justin, For ...

Midsummer’s Music affiliate the Griffon String Quartet will lead a two-day string retreat for violin, viola and cello ...