You’ll Smile Story and Photos by Desiré Aguirre When I saw the grin of Les Tucker, our ninety-six-year-old Western Swing Hall of Fame fiddler, I knew we were going to be all right. I knew he had one
Down Where the Lost Rivers Flow By P. Gary Eller Wow, there it is again: that touching song about young cowboys in Europe during World War I, pining over their home in the Lost River area of southeastern
My Turn to Drive By Mark Ready In 1976, as the United States celebrated its Bicentennial, I was a fourteen-year-old in Lewiston, sitting behind the wheel of a brand-new Chevy Camaro. My driver’s education instructor was Richard Hager,
Sleuthing a Song By P. Gary Eller There’s another one! In my search around our state for forgotten pre-radio (written before 1924) songs that reveal elements of early Idaho culture, I had seen several variations in lyrics and
Here’s an amusing old Idaho cowboy song set to images of the Owyhees. This content is available for purchase. Please select from available options. Register & Purchase Purchase Only
A Piano Restored, A Pianist Rediscovered By Mike Winter “I can feel her presence, Mike,” said my friend, Steinway technician Paul Schiller, as he surveyed numerous parts of a big old grand piano he was restoring that were
Young, Ambitious, and Intending to Stay Married By Jack Greaves Photos Courtesy of Matt Gooch Matt Gooch walks into the Crossroads at BYU–Idaho in Rexburg and immediately starts bouncing from table to table, chatting with everyone whose face
Yellow Pine’s Festival History Story and Photos by T.S. Alvarez It’s just after 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, August 5, the last day of the 2018 Yellow Pine Music and Harmonica Festival. I’m standing outside my camper, brushing my
Noted British and American composer Tarik O’Regan visited Idaho last year in preparation for a new work commissioned by the Boise Chamber Music Series. He got a good look at the southern half of the state, which not
Long after I think we will crest the summit, we do, which seems to always be the case with curving backcountry roads. We reach a jagged rock edge plummeting into the southeast-facing drainage of the North Lick Creek/Secesh River that will take us to the east fork of the south fork of the Salmon River. Confused? No worries. Continue reading
