JC Shepard
@jcshepard.bsky.social
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Americana
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An alleged "violent assault" sparked off the circumstances that ultimately resulted in Todd Snider's death, but few details have been given. What we know after investigating further, and why Snider's band left Salt Lake.
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Further Details on the Todd Snider Assault, and Why His Band Left...
One complicating factor in finding information about the assault, and potentially why it was never investigated in-depth seems to have to do in part with the geography of Salt Lake City.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
An alleged "violent assault" sparked off the circumstances that ultimately resulted in Todd Snider's death, but few details have been given. What we know after investigating further, and why Snider's band left Salt Lake.
savingcountrymusic.com/further-deta...
savingcountrymusic.com/further-deta...
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Nov. 18, 2005: Walk the Line brought Johnny & June to life.
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon sang every note.
The soundtrack went platinum, Reese won an Oscar, and Joaquin got his statue later for Joker.
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon sang every note.
The soundtrack went platinum, Reese won an Oscar, and Joaquin got his statue later for Joker.
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Nov. 18, 2005: Walk the Line brought Johnny & June to life.
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon sang every note.
The soundtrack went platinum, Reese won an Oscar, and Joaquin got his statue later for Joker.
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon sang every note.
The soundtrack went platinum, Reese won an Oscar, and Joaquin got his statue later for Joker.
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NEW MODEL? Local people with a hankering for local news are helping Nebraska's longest continuously published weekly newspaper, the Pawnee Republican, find a new, donation-fueled way to support its future.
From Paul Hammel:
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From Paul Hammel:
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Small town forms ‘journalism trust’ to solicit donations, keep its local newspaper going • Nebraska Examiner
Leaders in Nebraska’s Pawnee County launched an effort to ensure the future of the state's oldest, continuously published weekly newspaper.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NEW MODEL? Local people with a hankering for local news are helping Nebraska's longest continuously published weekly newspaper, the Pawnee Republican, find a new, donation-fueled way to support its future.
From Paul Hammel:
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From Paul Hammel:
buff.ly/wx2Sodu
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Born today, 1938: the late Songwriters Hall of Fame singer Gordon Lightfoot ('If You Could Read My Mind,' 'Sundown,' 'Carefree Highway,' 'Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald'). #MusicIsLegend
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read my Mind
This intimate documentary follows the iconic musician's evolution from choirboy in rural Canada to international star with hits including "If You Could Read My Mind", "Sundown", "Carefree Highway", and "Rainy Day People".
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November 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Born today, 1938: the late Songwriters Hall of Fame singer Gordon Lightfoot ('If You Could Read My Mind,' 'Sundown,' 'Carefree Highway,' 'Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald'). #MusicIsLegend
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Nov. 17, 1938: Gordon Lightfoot was born in Orillia, Ontario.
He helped define the folk-pop era with songs like “Early Morning Rain,” “Sundown,” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
Canada’s greatest songwriter — and one of folk’s truest poets. 🌾🇨🇦
He helped define the folk-pop era with songs like “Early Morning Rain,” “Sundown,” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
Canada’s greatest songwriter — and one of folk’s truest poets. 🌾🇨🇦
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Nov. 17, 1938: Gordon Lightfoot was born in Orillia, Ontario.
He helped define the folk-pop era with songs like “Early Morning Rain,” “Sundown,” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
Canada’s greatest songwriter — and one of folk’s truest poets. 🌾🇨🇦
He helped define the folk-pop era with songs like “Early Morning Rain,” “Sundown,” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
Canada’s greatest songwriter — and one of folk’s truest poets. 🌾🇨🇦
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The oldest surviving building in Toronto is a tiny log cabin built in 1794.
When the cabin was built, York (now Toronto) was only one-year-old.
It has seen the city grow around it and it is a glimpse into the distant past.
This is the story of the Scadding Cabin!
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When the cabin was built, York (now Toronto) was only one-year-old.
It has seen the city grow around it and it is a glimpse into the distant past.
This is the story of the Scadding Cabin!
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November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The oldest surviving building in Toronto is a tiny log cabin built in 1794.
When the cabin was built, York (now Toronto) was only one-year-old.
It has seen the city grow around it and it is a glimpse into the distant past.
This is the story of the Scadding Cabin!
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When the cabin was built, York (now Toronto) was only one-year-old.
It has seen the city grow around it and it is a glimpse into the distant past.
This is the story of the Scadding Cabin!
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#GeographyAwarenessWeek is coming November 17-21 and we’re proud to partner with our sponsors Esri and the National Council for Geographic Education this year to celebrate "Making Spaces of Possibility.”
Hosting an event? Check out the #GeoWeek2025 StoryMap and get involved: buff.ly/ohFkOQp
Hosting an event? Check out the #GeoWeek2025 StoryMap and get involved: buff.ly/ohFkOQp
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#GeographyAwarenessWeek is coming November 17-21 and we’re proud to partner with our sponsors Esri and the National Council for Geographic Education this year to celebrate "Making Spaces of Possibility.”
Hosting an event? Check out the #GeoWeek2025 StoryMap and get involved: buff.ly/ohFkOQp
Hosting an event? Check out the #GeoWeek2025 StoryMap and get involved: buff.ly/ohFkOQp
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On Nov. 16, 1885, Louis Riel was put to death for treason.
One of the most influential figures in Canadian history, he fought to preserve the rights of the Metis and has been called the Father of Manitoba.
This is the story of his trial.
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One of the most influential figures in Canadian history, he fought to preserve the rights of the Metis and has been called the Father of Manitoba.
This is the story of his trial.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
On Nov. 16, 1885, Louis Riel was put to death for treason.
One of the most influential figures in Canadian history, he fought to preserve the rights of the Metis and has been called the Father of Manitoba.
This is the story of his trial.
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One of the most influential figures in Canadian history, he fought to preserve the rights of the Metis and has been called the Father of Manitoba.
This is the story of his trial.
🧵 1/10
@middlewestreview.bsky.social put on an awesome session in Sioux Falls.
Jon Lauk, University of South Dakota, opening The Lost Region Recovery Project conference on #Midwest Studies in Sioux Falls. Sponsored by Middle West Review & National Endowment for the Humanities.
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@middlewestreview.bsky.social put on an awesome session in Sioux Falls.
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The Spring 2025 Middle West Review is here!
The only journal dedicated exclusively to Midwest studies - exploring America's heartland through politics, history, culture, and identity.
📖 Available now through Project MUSE - lnkd.in/eTZpdckW
#MiddleWestReview #MidwestStudies
The only journal dedicated exclusively to Midwest studies - exploring America's heartland through politics, history, culture, and identity.
📖 Available now through Project MUSE - lnkd.in/eTZpdckW
#MiddleWestReview #MidwestStudies
June 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Spring 2025 Middle West Review is here!
The only journal dedicated exclusively to Midwest studies - exploring America's heartland through politics, history, culture, and identity.
📖 Available now through Project MUSE - lnkd.in/eTZpdckW
#MiddleWestReview #MidwestStudies
The only journal dedicated exclusively to Midwest studies - exploring America's heartland through politics, history, culture, and identity.
📖 Available now through Project MUSE - lnkd.in/eTZpdckW
#MiddleWestReview #MidwestStudies
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Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (1988) #vinyl #dwightyoakam #vinylrecords #records #vinylcommunity #vinylsky #recordcollection
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (1988) #vinyl #dwightyoakam #vinylrecords #records #vinylcommunity #vinylsky #recordcollection
Patrick Garry, University of South Dakota, argues #Midwest Populism focused on political corruption in its many forms, especially in Dakota Territory. In many ways it was a revival of Jeffersonian democracy & civic virtue, rather than radical reactionary activism.
#MiddleWestReview
#MiddleWestReview
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Patrick Garry, University of South Dakota, argues #Midwest Populism focused on political corruption in its many forms, especially in Dakota Territory. In many ways it was a revival of Jeffersonian democracy & civic virtue, rather than radical reactionary activism.
#MiddleWestReview
#MiddleWestReview
Why do people who grow up in rural places stay, leave, or return?
Andrew Husa @UNLGeography has been working on Measuring Rootedness in the #Midwest. Family & landscape are important.
Interesting to compare/contrast with NE & SW www.americanrootsmigration.com
#MiddleWestReview
Andrew Husa @UNLGeography has been working on Measuring Rootedness in the #Midwest. Family & landscape are important.
Interesting to compare/contrast with NE & SW www.americanrootsmigration.com
#MiddleWestReview
American Roots Migration Project
Geographers at the University of Vermont, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and University of New Mexico have teamed up to ask rural Americans the factors that influenced where they choose to live as...
www.americanrootsmigration.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Why do people who grow up in rural places stay, leave, or return?
Andrew Husa @UNLGeography has been working on Measuring Rootedness in the #Midwest. Family & landscape are important.
Interesting to compare/contrast with NE & SW www.americanrootsmigration.com
#MiddleWestReview
Andrew Husa @UNLGeography has been working on Measuring Rootedness in the #Midwest. Family & landscape are important.
Interesting to compare/contrast with NE & SW www.americanrootsmigration.com
#MiddleWestReview
Cody Norling, University of West Virginia, provided an appreciative review of #Midwestern Music, as afternoon sessions resume at The Lost Region Recovery Project conference in Sioux Falls.
#Midwest #culture #music
#Midwest #culture #music
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Cody Norling, University of West Virginia, provided an appreciative review of #Midwestern Music, as afternoon sessions resume at The Lost Region Recovery Project conference in Sioux Falls.
#Midwest #culture #music
#Midwest #culture #music
Jon Lauk, University of South Dakota, opening The Lost Region Recovery Project conference on #Midwest Studies in Sioux Falls. Sponsored by Middle West Review & National Endowment for the Humanities.
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Jon Lauk, University of South Dakota, opening The Lost Region Recovery Project conference on #Midwest Studies in Sioux Falls. Sponsored by Middle West Review & National Endowment for the Humanities.
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"All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters" -- Gordon Lightfoot
Today, 50 years ago, the crew of the Lake Superior Edmund Fitzgerald was lost. Home Free has done a great cover of Lightfoot's song.
youtu.be/Um1PCCkyYHE?...
Today, 50 years ago, the crew of the Lake Superior Edmund Fitzgerald was lost. Home Free has done a great cover of Lightfoot's song.
youtu.be/Um1PCCkyYHE?...
Home Free - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
YouTube video by Home Free
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November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters" -- Gordon Lightfoot
Today, 50 years ago, the crew of the Lake Superior Edmund Fitzgerald was lost. Home Free has done a great cover of Lightfoot's song.
youtu.be/Um1PCCkyYHE?...
Today, 50 years ago, the crew of the Lake Superior Edmund Fitzgerald was lost. Home Free has done a great cover of Lightfoot's song.
youtu.be/Um1PCCkyYHE?...
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It's the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, memorialized in Gordon Lightfoot's song. Here's the haunting bluegrass version by the Punch Brothers.
Punch Brothers cover Gordon Lightfoot "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" 3/3/22 Boston, MA
YouTube video by Less Than Face Productions
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November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It's the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, memorialized in Gordon Lightfoot's song. Here's the haunting bluegrass version by the Punch Brothers.
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Fifty years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery #Canada
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Fifty years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery | CBC News
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Fifty years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery #Canada
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago today. The next year, the singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot chronicled the tragedy in an unlikely hit single.
Read about how ↓
Read about how ↓
Gordon Lightfoot Read About a Shipwreck. Then He Wrote One of Music's Most Unusual Hit Singles
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November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago today. The next year, the singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot chronicled the tragedy in an unlikely hit single.
Read about how ↓
Read about how ↓
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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This is the first year for the Grammy's new Best TRADITIONAL Country Album category, and the nominees came out strong (except the Turnpike Troubadours snub).
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New Best Traditional Country Album Grammy Boasts Strong Nominees -...
The nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards were announced on Friday morning (11-7), with extra interest this year in country due to how the Grammys split the Best Country Album category into two categori...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is the first year for the Grammy's new Best TRADITIONAL Country Album category, and the nominees came out strong (except the Turnpike Troubadours snub).
savingcountrymusic.com/new-best-tra...
savingcountrymusic.com/new-best-tra...
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Happy birthday Joni 💙
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Happy birthday Joni 💙
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On this day in 2016, Leonard Cohen died.
Born in 1934, he became one of Canada's most celebrated singer-songwriters. he won eight Junos and three Grammys. He also received the Glenn Gould Prize, the order of Canada and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award.
Born in 1934, he became one of Canada's most celebrated singer-songwriters. he won eight Junos and three Grammys. He also received the Glenn Gould Prize, the order of Canada and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award.
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On this day in 2016, Leonard Cohen died.
Born in 1934, he became one of Canada's most celebrated singer-songwriters. he won eight Junos and three Grammys. He also received the Glenn Gould Prize, the order of Canada and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award.
Born in 1934, he became one of Canada's most celebrated singer-songwriters. he won eight Junos and three Grammys. He also received the Glenn Gould Prize, the order of Canada and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award.
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Starting with this year's nominations, the Grammy Awards will split its prize for country album of the year into two distinct categories: traditional and contemporary. n.pr/3JBZE2w
For country music traditionalists, Grammy changes promise a brighter spotlight
Starting with this year's nominations, the Grammy Awards will split its prize for country album of the year into two distinct categories: traditional and contemporary.
n.pr
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Starting with this year's nominations, the Grammy Awards will split its prize for country album of the year into two distinct categories: traditional and contemporary. n.pr/3JBZE2w
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Kendrick Lamar leads with nine Grammy nominations. Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter are among other top nominees.
Kendrick Lamar leads 2026 Grammy nominations, followed by Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Cirkut
The 2026 Grammy Award nominations are nearly here. Who will compete for the top prizes? Nominees will be announced during a video stream live on the Grammy website and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel on Friday at 8 a.m.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Kendrick Lamar leads with nine Grammy nominations. Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter are among other top nominees.