NPR: americana https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129603448 americana en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 07:35:43 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: americana https://www.npr.org/tags/129603448/americana World Cafe Nashville: Becca Mancari Mancari offers stories of wandering and homecoming, colored by a determination to live, artistically, beyond the gender boundaries usually imposed on female artists. Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2017/10/30/560800377/world-cafe-nashville-becca-mancari https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2017/10/30/560800377/world-cafe-nashville-becca-mancari

Mancari offers stories of wandering and homecoming, colored by a determination to live, artistically, beyond the gender boundaries usually imposed on female artists.

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]]> Ann Powers Duncan Hines: The Original Road Warrior Who Shaped Restaurant History The name on that box of cake mix belonged to a real person. Hines was a traveling salesman who just wanted to find a decent meal on the road — and ended up being America's go-to restaurant expert. Sun, 26 Mar 2017 07:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/26/520866833/duncan-hines-the-original-road-warrior-who-shaped-restaurant-history https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/26/520866833/duncan-hines-the-original-road-warrior-who-shaped-restaurant-history

The name on that box of cake mix belonged to a real person. Hines was a traveling salesman who just wanted to find a decent meal on the road — and ended up being America's go-to restaurant expert.

]]> Nicole Jankowski Bluegrass Pioneer Ralph Stanley Dies At 89 Stanley was one of the early leaders of bluegrass music, and enjoyed an unexpectedly broad following after he sang "O, Death" in the film <em>O, Brother, Where Art Thou</em>. Thu, 23 Jun 2016 23:51:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/23/483315303/bluegrass-pioneer-ralph-stanley-dies-at-89 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/23/483315303/bluegrass-pioneer-ralph-stanley-dies-at-89

Stanley was one of the early leaders of bluegrass music, and enjoyed an unexpectedly broad following after he sang "O, Death" in the film O, Brother, Where Art Thou.

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]]> Paul Brown 'America By Car': A Case For Drive-By Shooting Now 76 years old, Lee Friedlander might be slowing down. But his latest series suggests the opposite; <em>America By Car</em> is about freedom and velocity. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:12:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2010/09/02/129601810/ https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2010/09/02/129601810/ Now 76 years old, Lee Friedlander might be slowing down. But his latest series suggests the opposite; America By Car is about freedom and velocity.

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