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Ian Noe's 'Between The Country' Illuminates A Small-Town Sadness

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Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify and Apple playlists at the bottom of the page. Songs about small towns are plentiful. Some of the best ones — Dolly Parton's "My Tennessee Mountain Home," John Prine's "Paradise," Kacey Musgraves' "Merry Go 'Round" and Bruce Springsteen's "My Hometown" — are powerful triggers of memory, often rich in storytelling detail with a wide lens to tough truths and deep secrets. Read More...

Kerry Washington Recalls First Meeting Husband Nnamdi Asomugha and Using Code Names for Their Weddin

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After 10 years of marriage, Kerry Washington is finally pulling back the curtain a bit more on her private marriage to pro football player Nnamdi Asomugha.  During an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show on Wednesday, the Scandal star delighted host Drew Barrymore with the fact that she and Nnamdi first met at Drew's family's namesake New York City theater, the Barrymore Theater.  "I was doing my Broadway debut. It’s such a storied, important theater," the actress pointed out. Read More...