Affrolachian On-Time Music Gathering

08/24/2025

The 8th Annual Thang is just around the corner. From this point on, I cannot answer questions from the public unless you are a corporate sponsor or journalist seeking an interview.

See you soon. 🙌🏽

If you are new to this event, you are welcome to join jams and attend public events. From this point, please check the website for details. Most of my time these days is spent settling the 30+ Thangsters’ travel, beds, performance, meals, and lecture schedules with a staff of hubby and me.

Meditation Every Thursday Rain or shine every Thursday from sunup to sundown, enjoy a day of meditation and mindfulness. Each activity begins on the hour. Arrive at least 10 minutes early to join an...

08/22/2025

Squee! 🙌🏽

It's always a great honor and pleasure to be on the Grand Ole Opry! Looking forward to returning for the 7th time tomorrow. Tickets and more info and the link in comments.

08/15/2025

Yay!!🙌🏽

08/05/2025

Yes. 🙌🏽

We are excited to be included in the lineup for the John Jackson Piedmont Blues Festival on September 27th. Join us at Eldon Farms in Woodville, Virginia, and help celebrate the rich history of Piedmont Blues during an afternoon of live music, food trucks, family fun, and more. See you there!

08/05/2025

This is crucial. 🙌🏽

Joe Johnson Lecture on Black banjo history! https://www.loc.gov/item/event-417516/black-banjo-bodylands-co-constructions-of-a-musical-instrument/2025-08-28/?loclr=fbafc

Join us on August 28th for a lecture titled "Black Banjo Bodylands: (Co-)Constructions of a Musical Instrument" with Joe Zavaan Johnson. Johnson’s presentation will theorize the banjo as a Black diasporic site of ritual, memory, and ancestral resistance. Johnson is a multi-instrumentalist, arts educator, and Black music researcher, who is a Ph.D. candidate at Indiana University-Bloomington. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Click the link above to register and for more information.

This lecture is presented as part of the American Folklife Center's 2025 Benjamin A. Botkin Lecture Series.

08/03/2025

I’m so glad you found its voice. It never sounded that good as a banjo 🙌🏽https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1F3tWJm3Hp/?mibextid=wwXIfr