SODOM LAUREL - While Madison County residents are aware of the county's outsized impact on music, led by its rich ballad singing, the tradition spanning at least eight generations is now getting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BRUSSELS - After an 11-year absence, a singing competition featuring Door County high school students returns to the Peninsula ...

Donna Ray Norton is an 8th-generation ballad singer in Madison County. Her mother is Lena Jean Ray and her grandfather is Byard Ray. Norton's cousin, Sheila Kay Adams, is a National Heritage Fellow.