Mark Kemp
@mkempnc.bsky.social
Writer/editor guy at @ourstatemag; music geek; swimmer.
In some ways, I’m afraid we are. I’m not sure we’ll have much choice unless we disconnect completely.
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In some ways, I’m afraid we are. I’m not sure we’ll have much choice unless we disconnect completely.
You can read (and listen to) the column at this link: www.ourstate.com/gospel/
North Carolina, Noted: Eastern Gospel | Our State
The poignant voices of gospel music seem to rise from the soil of eastern NC. Click below to read and watch how this genre’s lineage is rooted in the land.
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December 29, 2024 at 8:03 PM
You can read (and listen to) the column at this link: www.ourstate.com/gospel/
An Aussie wannabe Muswell Hillbillies-era Kinks (or maybe Brinsley Schwarz)?
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Humpy Bong (Tim Staffel) - Don't You Be Too Long | 2023 Stereo Upmix
YouTube video by Vel
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November 20, 2024 at 2:27 AM
An Aussie wannabe Muswell Hillbillies-era Kinks (or maybe Brinsley Schwarz)?
youtu.be/k9nXxT1cDt0
youtu.be/k9nXxT1cDt0
Ha! My dad said that exact same thing to me about Alice Cooper. He said, “That guy’s just trying to take your money with that gimmick. And he’s as old as me!” I said, “Yes, and…?”
November 18, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Ha! My dad said that exact same thing to me about Alice Cooper. He said, “That guy’s just trying to take your money with that gimmick. And he’s as old as me!” I said, “Yes, and…?”
“What in the world are you listening to in there?” — my mom hearing bluegrass coming from my stereo. It’s actually the anecdotal lede to this story that I wrote a few years ago about the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s “Will the Circle be Unbroken.”
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The Circle, Unbroken: 50 Years of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Acoustic Guitar
By Mark Kemp “What in the world are you listening to in there?” My mom was confused. It was the early 1970s and she was hearing acoustic guitars, banjos, and fiddles blaring from the wooden stereo …
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November 18, 2024 at 9:39 PM
“What in the world are you listening to in there?” — my mom hearing bluegrass coming from my stereo. It’s actually the anecdotal lede to this story that I wrote a few years ago about the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s “Will the Circle be Unbroken.”
acousticguitar.com/the-circle-u...
acousticguitar.com/the-circle-u...