You may forget the singer, but don’t forget the song, the Carter Family bade listeners of one particularly mournful tune they recorded more than eighty years ago. The writer of those lyrics needn’t have worried. Today the songs of America’s roots music are not only remembered but thriving – in forms that both recreate the authentic sound and remake it in fresh ways – in the widely diverse Americana music genre. These old songs continue to spark artists of all types, yours truly … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2011
Don’t Forget This Song: Celebrating the Carter Family and Other Roots Musicians
Filed Under: Americana roots music, Reading/writing events Tagged With: books, Carter Family, Carter Fold, early country music, Janette Carter, Maggi Britton Vaughn, roots music
A New Site
After more trials and errors, fits and starts, and re-reading of FAQs than this computer science major would like to admit, I'm excited to announce that my all-new integrated website and blog is live. It's got enough gadgets and widgets to make Tim the Tool Man Taylor of the old TV show Home Improvement grunt in approval: online ordering for my books, social media buttons, options to deliver blog posts by email or reader feed, and an email newsletter signup. Recently I was giving some thought … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Nerdy stuff Tagged With: communications for writers, investing in your passion, social media for writers, WordPress site