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Lydia Loveless Leaves the Country Behind

Arts, Culture & Media

Lydia Loveless has a voice straight out of the Patsy Cline era, even though she was born in the age of Shania Twain.

Amadou and Mariam

Live in studio: Amadou & Mariam (& Kurt)

Arts
Trae Winter in front of a video screen

Helping the blind ‘see’ the solar eclipse

Technology
Lee Chang-hoo (l) and Kwon Soon-chul (r) started a baseball podcast, along with another visually impaired baseball fan. But they don't tell their listeners that they're blind. "They probably think we're just average, amateur sports fans."

The pace of baseball makes it perfect for its blind fans in Korea

Sports
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It’s not every day that a 10-year-old blind boy from Quebec sings the blues

Music
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It’s not every day that a 10-year-old blind boy from Quebec sings the blues

Music

A blind 10-year-old boy from Quebec named Félix has become a YouTube sensation for his take on a B.B. King classic. And counselors at his summer camp for blind children say he’s helping inspire other kids to have more confidence in themselves.

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