Green Shoots!
Mud Season!
I decided that since I so brazenly hijacked the ax[1] of the washboard player in Chubby Carrier’s band — his name is Earl Sally, by the way — the least I could do is make an effort to learn a little more about the instrument.
First off, its proper Cajun-French name is the frottoir, or, in [...]
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Hé, toi!
As I hinted at briefly in my last post, I got a chance to do some impromptu music-making while I was in Austin, Texas this past weekend at the Netroots Nation convention. I hadn’t expected to perform until Sunday morning, when I was to play for the Multifaith Worship Service. But when life provides [...]
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Howdy, y’all! MMN is currently in Austin, TX, where, yes, it is hot! I’m here attending Netroots Nation, a conference for political bloggers. Of course, I’m a music blogger, but I’m politically engaged as well, and there’s lots of cool stuff going on here… not the least of which is the chance to meet in [...]
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