Freeman Vines, a North Carolina–based artist, guitar maker, and one-time blues musician, thought he’d seen it all: He’d worked for free on a white farm and served jail time for bootlegging. But about ...

The creative process begins as soon as Freeman Vines touches the wood. "Nobody believes me. The wood actually lives. Each wood has an inner spirit, and if you listen you will find some magnificent ...

The “Hanging Tree Guitars” exhibition at the Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center intertwines the tintype work of Timothy Duffy, musicologist, photographer and founder of the Music Maker Relief ...