The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson
May is a beautiful month, but in Civil War history, it is also a sad one. The South lost both Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and General J.E.B. Stuart in May, one year apart (1863 and 1864).
If you venture off I-95 near Fredericksburg, you can visit the site that was, until recently, called the Stonewall Jackson “Shrine.” Due to the changing times, the name has now officially been changed to The Stonewall Jackson Death Site. The Stonewall Jackson Shrine at the plantation outbuilding where Jackson died, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. (NPS)
‘Fairfield’ Frozen in Time
Ian Sweet Announces Third LP Show Me How You Disappear , Posts New Song Drink The Lake Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Ian Sweet, the indie-rock project of Jilian Medford, has shared details of a third LP. Show Me How You Disappear is scheduled to arrive on March 5 via Polyvinyl Records, following up 2018 s Crush Crusher .
Produced by Andrew Sarlo, Andy Seltzer and Chris Coady, the album came about after Medford suffered a spate of panic attacks and began an intensive two-month outpatient program back in January 2020. It yielded time for self-reflection and resulted in a well of new songs. Medford said: This is the first record that I leave that space for myself. I feel a freedom on this one that I haven’t felt with the others. People always say I put all of me into this, but I actually didn’t this time I left space.