In the Pisgah National Forest, Black Balsam is one of the hardest trails in NC (I found out after the incident). I almost died. A thunderstorm swept up from the valley as I was crossing the first bald granite peak. Thunder started below me so I ran straight down the other side of the mountain through animal trails and pouring rain, and lived. A nice walk in the woods. (The cover photo is one I took just before I ran).
Gaelynn Lea won NPR's Tiny Desk Contest, and it's easy to see why. Haunting, beautiful country songs, laced up with weeping fiddle lines. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 3, 2016
Two dozen 12-string acoustic improvisations that feel undeniably haunting, like lost transmissions from ancient Appalachia, rediscovered. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 17, 2022