admin | May 29, 2007

My sister Beth and I played music for over 50,000 runners yesterday morning during the 29th Memorial Day Bolder Boulder 10k race. We were stationed about a half mile into the race and saw many enthusiastic, smiling participants from serious racers to those just happy to finish. And there were some interesting costumes, too: Napoleon [...]

Category: Lickskillet Road - Making the CD | Comments Off
Tags: Beth Wilberger, Bolder Boulder, Kort McCumber, Lickskillet Road

admin | May 23, 2007

I saw that headline today while standing in the checkout aisle at the grocery store. It caught my eye so I thought I’d try it here. It snowed here today. My wife is pretending she doesn’t see it while she reorganizes her closet from winter to summer clothes. It doesn’t seem to be working. On [...]

Category: Greetings from McCumberland Gap - Tours | Comments Off
Tags: Beth Wilberger, Bolder Boulder, Kort McCumber, Memorial Day

admin | May 6, 2007

Donald Rumsfeld once said, “There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” Needless to say, it’s [...]

Category: Greetings from McCumberland Gap - Tours | Comments Off
Tags: Colorado gigs, Kort McCumber, singer, songwriter, The Unknown Americans

admin | May 6, 2007

I recently met Chuck Ogsbury, founder of Ome Banjos. What a great guy! It is obvious that there is a lot of care and reverence that goes into building his banjos. His instruments are inspired by nature and his appreciation for it, using quality materials to create quality instruments. He shared with me some stories [...]

Category: Greetings from McCumberland Gap - Tours | Comments Off
Tags: Kort McCumber, mountain music, Ome Banjos