Finding Their Footing: How Strictly’s New Presenting Trio Are Navigating the Storm After a Frosty Start

Executive Overview Stepping into the sparkly shoes of broadcasting icons Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman was never going to be a waltz in the park. When the BBC’s flagship Saturday night entertainment titan, Strictly Come Dancing, returned to our screens for its latest series a month ago, it did so with a radical shake-up. For … Read more

The Return of the Virtuoso: How Jake Blount Reclaims and Revolutionizes Appalachian String Band Music on Single-Footing Horse

Executive Overview In less than a decade, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and musical historian Jake Blount has mapped a trajectory through American roots music that most artists could only hope to span over a lifetime. Erupting onto the national scene with his blistering 2018 debut EP, Reparations, and his critically lauded 2020 full-length breakthrough, Spider Tales, Blount … Read more

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