In train and song, 'Wabash Cannonball' is linked to Omaha rail history

The original tune for the folk song "Wabash Cannonball" was by a Rock Island freight agent working in Council Bluffs when ...
American Songwriter

Born 41 Years Ago Today, the California Honky-Tonk Revivalist Known as Country Music’s “Mr. Saturday Night”

Born on May 20, 1985, in Dixon, California, country singer-songwriter Jon Pardi turned 41 years old on Wednesday.
Sioux City Journal

In train and song, 'Wabash Cannonball' is linked to Nebraska rail history

The original tune for the folk song "Wabash Cannonball" was by a Rock Island freight agent working in Council Bluffs at the ...
The New York Times

Cannonball with Wesley Morris

Conversations about the culture that moves us – the good, the bad and whatever’s in between. Every week, critic Wesley Morris talks with writers, artists and his friends about the moment we’re in.