Garth Brooks is the recipient of the Gershwin Prize for popular song tonight. Such an honor is beyond well deserved. My childhood had two anchors music artist wise: Billy Joel and Garth. Mama bought a tape of his album The Hits when I was in elementary school. I had my school chorus audition before school
Tag: Music
I’m going to break this list down by genre. Some artists might belong in multiple genres, but will only be listed once. The genres will be listed in alphabetical order. My mama and Granny were and are huge influences on my musical tastes. They shared their favorite artists with me and gave me the freedom
My second year of undergrad my grandmother, who was a widow for several years by that point, was diagnosed with dementia and hallucinations. My grandmother and I never really understood each other, but I love her. She loved me the best way she knew how. Her husband was Kirk. If you read this blog regularly:
If you read my blog regularly: you know music is a very big part of how I thrive. I like every possible genre of music there is. You’ll find everything on my iPod. I leave it on shuffle, so I get all my favorite music mixed up. However, I do have a list of very
I’ve talked about my fellowship year, in two previous posts, already. I will probably, at least, reference that year a lot. It is not an exaggeration to say that year changed my life. It also changed me, as a person, in countless ways. The day of the flight to DC for the first conference: I
Most of this blog post I wrote in early 2010. What I wrote is below: As I sit here listening to RENT, I’m inspired to share this story with everybody. I know somebody needs it today. I hope it gives somebody the strength they need to be themselves because as I look around the outside
I loved visiting Granny. Her house represented: constant noise, good food, laughter, stories, and lots of music. The kitchen was the place everybody gathered more often than not. I was about four when I realized I was different from others my age. It was scary, and I didn’t know how to process my discovery. Granny