Bonnaroo is a behemoth among American festivals. As Fred again.. highlighted during his headlining set on Sunday night, Bonnaroo is the US’s answer to Glastonbury, rivaling Coachella in cultural significance. Like Glastonbury, Bonnaroo demands a full-on experience, with camping in the muggy heat and surrendering to a neon-lit rager. If there’s a “Big Five” of
From South Jersey, Philadelphia, and beyond, a vibrant crowd of 35,000 stars-and-stripes-clad country music fans descended upon Wildwood this weekend for the fourth edition of the expansive Barefoot Country Music Fest, which has taken over the beach every summer since 2021. The four-day, booze-filled celebration began Thursday night but truly came alive on Friday, with
The “Unplugged” trend was all the rage in the ‘90s thanks to MTV Unplugged, which featured some of music’s biggest names going acoustic. The series aired on a regular basis from 1989-1999 and was revived in a less frequent format from 2000-2009 as MTV Unplugged No. 2.0. Since then, there have only been limited Unplugged
In this photo, a prison guard rides a horse alongside prisoners as they return from farm work detail at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. After the Civil War, the 13th Amendment’s exception clause, that allows for prison labor, provided legal cover to round up thousands of mostly young Black men. They then were leased out by states to plantations like Angola and some of the country’s biggest privately owned companies, including coal mines and railroads. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The existence of prison plantations and cotton-picking work programs in the United States highlights the enduring legacy of slavery
