Music – Page 6 – The Flatpickin' Pilgrim's Progress

Farewell, Earl Scruggs, and Thank You

Earl Scruggs, “pioneer” as the Huffington Post put it, of the Three-finger Banjo style, has died. For some of us,

Weather. Someone said to me not long ago, “It is humbling to consider that when you come to die, the

Watched “Moneyball” Sunday night. I liked it. It surprised me. I wasn’t sure that it could be faithfully made into

Whitney Houston made your heart soar with that magnificent voice. You kept hoping for her—so lovely, so achingly vulnerable, so

The website “Sightings” put out an interesting piece this week. Thanks to my good friend and blog reader Lamon Brown

A few years ago, I wrote a song as part of a sermon series on the Blues. I was inspired

I thought that title might get your attention. I got word that a dear sweet woman who used to be

“Just a Little Talk With Jesus” is a famous old gospel song. Last night, our band, Shades Mountain Air, had

Tonight our band is going to perform in one of the most prestigious gospel venues around our region—the American Gospel

Fifty years ago this week, Martin Luther King’s life was frozen in time for the whole world. His words keep