Fred Lorenzen Becomes First Ever NASCAR Driver To Be Diagnosed With CTE
The NASCAR world has its first, confirmed case of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Former NASCAR Cup Series driver, Fred Lorenzen, passed away in December of 2024 at the age of 89. His cause of death was complications of dementia, which Lorenzen lived with for 20 years. Eight years before his death, the NASCAR Hall of Famer pledged to donate his brain for research. Because of that pledge, and the work of researchers at the Boston University CTE Center, the 26-time […]
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Katie Pruitt: Songs for the Time We Have Katie Pruitt wrote more than 60 songs while working on Fools For the Fleeting, her third album for Rounder Records. She kept ten. Somewhere in the cutting, a subject emerged: the beauty and damage people carry around, and the difficulty of staying connected to one another when […]
On the final night of the Up the Sharp End tour, Plant and a remarkable band found new life in old songs—and a different kind of power in the Led Zeppelin catalog. The Chicago Theatre | Chicago, Illinois | October 15, 2026 For much of Robert Plant’s concert at the Chicago Theatre, something unusual happened: […]
At Eric Clapton’s Austin guitar gathering, the most important moments were not displays of virtuosity. They were handoffs between musicians who reached the same music by different roads. The first lesson from Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival in Austin was that a guitar festival need not be a contest. Over September 26 and 27 at […]
Dave Martin Donegal Tweed & Cowboy Chords Dave Martin is a folk singer-songwriter who pens songs with light poetic imagery and relatable experiences, as evidenced here in his new release: Donegal Tweed & Cowboy Chords. Dave’s song offer lighthearted humor and gentle honesty in observation of life though Midwestern experiences and natural metaphors, all set […]