Kentucky natives Linda Jean Stokley and Montana Hobbs met through Morehead State University's traditional music program just over ten years ago. Through three albums, including a new self-titled project, and extensive touring, they're adding a deft neo-traditional sound to the renaissance of country music coming from the Bluegrass State.

For the second year, WMOT took over the Wash at East Side Bowl in Madison to host three days of hand-picked master musicians that told the story of AmericanaFest 2022. Nashville's award-winning photographer John Partipilo was on hand to capture the sights while WMOT broadcast the sounds.

The historic music venues in the 140-year-old brick building at 1 Cannery Row have been silent since the spring as they undergo extensive renovations, but yesterday new owners DZL Management unveiled its plans to open its four spaces under new names in 2023. The multi-genre complex will be called Cannery Hall.

This week on Finally Friday from Home, we've got two amazing musicians playing songs from their latest projects. Texas siren Courtney Patton plays songs from her forthcoming album, Electrostatic, slated for release on October 7th, and from the Outlaw side of country and the True Grit talent roster, Alex Williams plays music from his album called Waging Peace, out October 7th.

Photos by John Partipilo from the first day of the AmericanaFest Day Stage presented by WMOT, NPR Music and World Cafe.

Photos from our WMOT Wired In AmericanaFest Edition by photojournalist John Partipilo.

Separatist leaders in occupied areas of Ukraine moved to join the Russian Federation — after claiming that the people there had chosen to join Russia, in referendums denounced by the West as a sham.

Kurt Wagner's Nashville collective has always been an expression of absolute possibility. The Bible, his best album in a decade, points that instinct at life's most inescapable truth.

September is Alopecia Awareness Month — a time to educate people about the condition and to support those who live with it.