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Highlighting the best music of 2020, a year many live performances were silenced
As with many things this past year, the typical live music scene was silenced. But there were creative attempts to provide entertainment breaking out all over, and recording artists put out new music that offered a wide range of options.
20 mementos that carried you through 2020
In your own words, here are the stories behind 20 mementos that got you through 2020.
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Booksellers look back at the best titles of 2020
In a year of isolation and pain, book sales are up as many turn to reading for a distraction, understanding and pleasure. Jeffrey Brown talks to two booksellers for our look at the year in books.
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Two critics on the shows and movies that got us through 2020
Even though most theaters remain closed, a regular lockdown conversation starter begins with “so what have you been watching?” Lorraine Ali of the Los Angeles Times and Ann Hornaday from the Washington Post help Jeffrey Brown sort out the year’s…
We asked our readers which songs helped them survive a strange and devastating year. Some tracks offered an escape. Some infused joy and despair.
Regardless of your circumstances, it’s likely that this moment is impacting your mental health in one way or another. Here are some tips.
Fifteen artists and authors share the songs they played again and again.
The PBS NewsHour spoke with 11 artists and writers about which memento best expressed their experience, an artifact they’d tuck inside a time capsule.
Ohio, a swing state which Obama won in 2012, voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2016. This election, the Biden campaign seems to have made some inroads in winning some of that lost support, reverting the state to a swing state.
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