This article includes affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you make a purchase, with no extra cost to you. Pickleball used to be the sport where people showed up in whatever athletic clothes they already owned. Basketball shorts. Running shirts. Tennis skirts from years ago. That worked when pickleball was still flying under […]

Charlotte, North Carolina, has a lot to offer the live-event-loving visitor. If you visit at the right time, you might find an NFL game in Uptown, a touring band at the Spectrum Center, or a street festival closing off blocks in South End, and more. The city’s event calendar runs year-round, and the atmosphere can […]

The path from making music to making a living from it used to run almost exclusively through a record label. Labels provided distribution, marketing budgets, studio access, and the industry relationships that could translate good songs into commercial success. That model hasn’t disappeared, but its dominance has been fundamentally challenged by a combination of streaming […]