From Here to Okay
This song speaks for itself. It came to me during the summer. The hook was a quote from a news
Category: Folk
Living Through Exile
I wrote this to our church back at the beginning of April. I hoped, like all of us, that we’d
A Guitar for Christmas
I have a modest guitar collection if you compare to some. Each instrument I have and play, though, is as
Lenten Speaker Series Continues: Kate Campbell
Last evening, we kicked off our series, “The Callings That Find Us,” with Dr. Danny Potts. An overflow crowd filled
Remembering Martin Luther King
Fifty years ago this week, Martin Luther King’s life was frozen in time for the whole world. His words keep
Start Young
If you don’t know who Ricky Skaggs is, then you really don’t know anything about bluegrass and old-time music. It’s
Death Grief and Hope: Songs for the Shadows
We must face our losses. Courage does not spare us from them. Courage’s work begins at the other end
Everything’s Bigger in Texas: the Oxford American 2014 Music Issue
For many years, a member of my church who knows my weird tastes in music (if most people have never
Exploring the Discography of Life
“…there is a playful randomness about what we find and read. Or rather, what finds us” When I first rekindled
Mapping the Bluegrass Genome
“The genetic code of bluegrass and old time music is more sophisticated than that. It carries stories of birth, life
The Flatpickin' Pilgrim's Progress 