Well I am back in Nashville. It is Americana Fest time, and though I miss the Foggers being with me on the road, it is great to see everyone in this music community again. And don’t forget, tonight, I get to revisit hallowed ground, the mother church of country music, The Ryman Auditorium. Yes, tonight is the Americana Honors and Awards, and even if you are not attending the event, or even in Nashville for that matter, you can listen in. I will be in the booth along with NPR’s Ann Powers, and we will anchor the Folk Alley audio stream from tonight’s show. Join us at folkalley.com, or NPR.org  at 8pm ET, 7pm Ct…as they say, see you on the radio!

Yesterday was a momentous one for Guy Forsyth, as his album Freedom To Fail came out. This has been in the works for a while, as Guy conceptualized this as lessons about life to his young daughter Mary Mae. Guy has been mulling things over as only he can do. If you ever have the opportunity to chat to him, I so recommend it. Talk books, or music, or philosophy or religion or politics. It is all interesting, all informative, and all delivered passionately. As is his songwriting and playing. Music Fog takes you back to our Spring Marathon at Threadgill’s in 2011. He played one of the songs that would surface on this new record. Here’s Guy Forsyth solo with a positioning statement about himself, “Old Time Man.”

-Jessie Scott