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As a coming snowstorm loomed in the air, Gregory Alan Isakov took The Anthem stage in a way few would recognize from its usual standing-room frenzy. The rest of the hall seemed to shrink around him, as if the venue itself was leaning in to listen. The setup made a statement before he sang a word. The stage was dim, nearly bare. One spotlight, one guitar, one chair. Isakov opened with "Ash of Our Elders," an unreleased song that immediately set the tone for an evening of refle

Mumford & Sons have returned with a new single, The Banjo Song , giving fans a glimpse at their sixth studio album, Prizefighter , set to arrive February 20. Similar sounds: The Avett Brothers, Fleet Foxes, Dermot Kennedy Photo Credit: Jay Sansone Where their previous album RUSHMERE  leaned into modern folk-rock polish, The Banjo Song  harkens back to the expansive, emotive storytelling of Babel . The track opens delicately, with soft, contemplative verses that gradually swe

The Washington National Opera is charting a new course away from the Kennedy Center, ending a decades-long relationship amid sweeping changes at the venue following its controversial renaming to the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Construction crews adjust signage at the Kennedy Center, adding "The Donald Trump and." (Photo by Atl28 / CC0 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons) The announcement comes as the opera enters its 70th anniversary ye