Hey y’all!
Well, it has been a little while since you last heard from me, and so I just wanted to reconnect and tell you a bit about something that I’ve been working on.
In the last few months I’ve begun a project of going back through the hundreds of old-time tunes that found their way into my repertoire over a lifetime of fiddling — tunes I learned from elder players who I was fortunate enough to get to spend some time with, from countless hours of listening to and parsing old field and commercial recordings, from friends who are great fiddlers; even a smattering of originals. It's been part rediscovery, part personal archive project, and honestly, part reckoning with how much this music has shaped my life.
Whats more, I'm building something around this project that I'll tell you more about in the next week or so. Whether I’ve known you over the years as a student, a follower of my music, a fan of one of the bands I’ve been in, or a fellow musician, I'm glad you're still here.
I'll update you on all this very soon. In the meantime, here's a tune I recently revisited and recorded — one that means a good deal to me.
Anyway, I just wanted to say hey for now, and thanks for being part of the journey so far.
More soon.
Kenny