3 Seasons

Appalachian Vibes Episodes

Courtney Brown-Dinosaur Choir

Courtney Brown-Dinosaur Choir

My guest is Courtney Brown, she’s an Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University in the Center for Creative Computation, a Fulbright scholarship winner, coder and musician who designs  instruments and composes  using a very unique medium, a dinosaur’s head. ...

Cameron Ragsdale

Cameron Ragsdale

Cameron Ragsdale is a multi instrumentalist, composer, upright bassist, guitar player and singer-songwriter from Bristol, Tennessee.  We discuss his time at NYU studying composition and his song ‘This Loneliness’ inspired by a dream he had about Hank Williams. You can...

Cameron Ragsdale mini

Cameron Ragsdale mini

Cameron Ragsdale is a multi instrumentalist, composer, upright bassist, guitar player and singer-songwriter from Bristol Tennessee.  We discuss his time at NYU studying composition and his song ‘This Lonliness’ inspired by a dream he had about Hank Williams. You can...

Logan Michael and The LBO mini

Logan Michael and The LBO mini

Logan Michael was a guitar player, producer and singer-songwriter, a father, son, a friend and an incredibly loving guy.  I speak with the mother of his child, Moriah  McCowan, who has turned this loss into The Lion Blues, a recording space in Roanoke, VA that serves...

Geoffrey Wood Mini

Geoffrey Wood Mini

My guest this week is the Atlanta based roots singer-songwriter Geoffrey Wood with his first solo album release titled, Thank You.  We discuss the track, "Memphis Makes Me Sad", which is a look back at a past relationship that Geoff feels ended in part because he...

Logan Michael and The LBO

Logan Michael and The LBO

This weeks episode is in honor of a very talented friend of mine that passed unexpectedly last year. Logan Michael was a guitar player, producer and singer-songwriter, a father, son, a friend and an incredibly loving guy. I speak with the mother of his child, Moriah...

Jared Boyd

Jared Boyd

My guest this week is Jared Boyd, a banjo player and an artist in residence for The crooked Road, his band, The Twin Creeks Stringband, won this years Galax Fiddlers Convention in the Old Time Band category. You can learn more about the Twin Creeks Stringband at...

Sol Roots

Sol Roots

Sol Roots is the soul, blues and funky roots inspired singer-songwriter from Washington DC. We discuss Sol’s experience working with his father, a founding member of Music Maker, a not for profit that seeks to meet the needs of artists who create traditional American...

87th Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Galax, VA

87th Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Galax, VA

Last week was the 87th annual Old Time Fiddlers Convention in Galax, VA. I joined 80,000 folks from around the world to experience my first Galax, the nick name for the festival for long time convention goers. Players from around the world compete on the historic...