Here is your open thread for April 2, 2020. Emmylou Harris turns 73 today. Here she is with John Prine (who’s reportedly doing a bit better as he’s treated for the virus). On April 2, 1863, Mary Jackson led hundreds of armed women into the marketplace of downtown Richmond, Virginia, in what was later called the Richmond Bread Riot. Jackson reportedly waved a Bowie knife at one shopkeeper shouting “Bread or blood!” but apart from some vandalism and a few... Read more