Today, everything seems so normal. The blistering heat wave of this summer in Austin has given way to a couple of days with the highs in the 70s. Birds are chirping, kids are walking to school. I am doing the usual things to get back in the saddle after a road trip; cleaning, vacuuming, laundry, general puttering around. Life in order. It is an ebb and flow kind of thing, that is for sure! Oh there is still plenty on the pile to be chipped away at, including the initial decisions for Aaron Lee to assess what we captured in Nashville during our Fall Music Fog Marathon. 32 bands in three days is a lot of content to sift through, so this week, we are bringing you videos we shot at other events, while we formulate our plans for the unveiling of the new stuff. We do hope you enjoyed our streaming. It was definitely a peak behind the curtain at the vibe of the recording studio. It was not meant to be a show delivered exactly on the clock, and we did try to stick close to our schedule, but there are always things that need to be done. What was the line, “We will sell no wine before its time.” Yeah, it’s like that. Though, you can get a look at the unedited raw feeds, for a limited time, over on our Nashville Broadcast Archives page.
Never fear, we will start rolling out the latest crop of music next week, but today, we revisit a session from last year’s Americana Fest. I am in love with Mike Farris. His voice, his phrasing, his ear. He is, as they say, the total package. His music enriches our lives. Mike is in the midst of recording a new album. We’ll be looking for that in 2012. Today’s tune comes from the groundbreaking album Salvation In Lights. Hard to believe that one will be five years old next year! Catch Mike in concert soon. Here is the Music Fog recording of “I’m Gonna Get There.” Say amen!
- Jessie Scott
