Living Through Exile
I wrote this to our church back at the beginning of April. I hoped, like all of us, that we’d
Tag: folk music
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
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
Uncle Vance’s Guitar
Originally written in 2017 when I rolled out the album. it was my best effort to date. Every songwriter i
Mapping the Bluegrass Genome
“The genetic code of bluegrass and old time music is more sophisticated than that. It carries stories of birth, life
Johnny Cash’s Music Lives On
Johnny Cash, in many ways, lived as a prism of the last half of the twentieth century, at least a
What’s In a Name? Or, a 59 Year Old Songwriter Finds the Milk Carton Kids
“Gillian Welch & David Rawlings-meets-Simon & Garfunkel with a splash of The Everly Brothers“ I am and always have loved the process of how
Jim Hurst Can Play a Guitar
Last night, I went to hear JIM HURST, IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Guitarist of the Year. That means he
Doug, Doc and Earl…Bluegrass Breakdown and Cry
The Darling Boys are no more This has been one of the unkindest of years in acoustic music. First, Earl
“Death Gospel,” Art and Life
The website “Sightings” put out an interesting piece this week. Thanks to my good friend and blog reader Lamon Brown
