Author: StringDancer

On January 19, 2011, I had the opportunity to appear on Local Live, a weekly 30-minute radio show on Bloomington, Indiana’s WFHB Community Radio. Here’s a stream of the show.

The story of Mark Robinson’s journey from sideman to headliner is an inspiring one. It’s the age-old story one never gets tired of hearing, replete with discouragement eaten for breakfast, dashed dreams never forsaken, and determination to just go for it, by God, no matter the odds against success.

The United Federation of Musicians (AFM) has muscled language into a new FAA reauthorization bill to help make traveling with precious musical instruments by air a less terrifying prospect. Sign the petition.

I’ve been wondering for, oh, the past forty years or so, if somebody would one day come up with a viable alternative to nylon strings. Leave it to Savarez to finally get the job done.

If we look to our brief, tumultuous history in search of a musical instrument deeply interwoven with the American story, one instrument quickly rises to the surface… an instrument as staccato as the abrasive American temperament itself.

Had a wonderful house concert experience tonight up in Indianapolis. We cruised up from Bloomington to catch a fellow StringDancer member in the act, the multi-talented Bob Lucas performing solo.

Video of John Hartford playing Going To Work In Tall Buildings.