The Wainwrights - "If We Make It Through December" (Merle Haggard)

How this innocent painting hides a dangerous reality

Interesting discussion of Pieter Bruegel‘s painting, “The Hunters in the Snow”.

Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen - "Wheels"

AJ Lee and Blue Summit - "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive"

AJ Lee & Blue Summit - "To Mine" (Live at Winter Wondergrass)

How boomers ruined the blues...

They're trying to find the guy who sat in for Donald's SAT.

Maybe he has an MRI they can use.

Sarah Jarosz & Rodney Crowell - "Song for the Life"

Yesterday, on my walk, I met a real life "Ginseng Sullivan".

Most afternoons I go for a walk down along the Whitewater River. The trailhead is a few blocks from my house. It’s real nice.

Often there’s no one else down there. Maybe some wildlife.

Yesterday I was walking along and I saw a guy stopped up ahead staring at the treetops across the river. I thought he might have spotted one of the bald eagles that like to hang out along that stretch. When I got to where he was, I asked him what he was looking at.

Turns out he was just checking out the white sycamore branches against the blue sky. A beautiful sight this time of year for sure.

We ended up talking for 20 minutes or so. He grew up in east Tennessee and moved up here a few years back. Doesn’t think he’ll ever get to move back home. And he supports himself by harvesting wild ginseng and other herbs. He had a lot of interesting information.

Reminded me of that old Norman Blake song that was later made semi-famous by Tony Rice.

Here’s a clip of Trey Hensley at Carter Vintage Guitars in Nashville playing a Tony Rice signature model guitar and singing “Ginseng Sullivan”:

...an 18 year old musician from County Donegal, Ireland who plays American Country Blues.

Muireann Bradley – “Shake Sugaree”