In the past, I have been both correctly and incorrectly labeled as a Country music snob. Yes, I will be the first to say that mainstream Pop Country is about as far from actual Country music as you can get without a drum machine and a disco sample. Taylor Swift wins Country Song of the …
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by Donovan Wheeler photos by Caitlin Fogle Prologue The best stories always start with a breakup. You can see that in Jack Gibson’s eyes when he talks about it. You can hear it when his voice trails off as his thoughts drift to what once was. And you can sense it when he measures each …
by Donovan Wheeler photos by T. Preston and Thomas Dove [dropcap]A[/dropcap] maple sapling can spend the next century growing out to a circumference matching a tractor tire, but it doesn’t decide where the wind will drop it as a seed. It doesn’t control the weather which torments it over time, and it has no say …
When I first sat down with her I somewhat expected some of that lovably delusional certainty I see in so many kids who have their entire lives planned out to the boilerplate of a Hollywood manuscript. Instead, I ran into a young woman very aware of her place in the world, very cognizant of the hurdles in front of her, and very willing to accept whatever happens and make the best of it.
