Click here to listen to PRX.org’s “In Search of a Song” musician/Host Jason Wilber interview singer/songwriter Big Kenny Aphin about his life and music. The interview takes place at Big Kenny’s home in Nashville, Tennessee after the “Music Saves Mountains” concert, put on by the NRDC.
Topics discussed include: Big Kenny’s early memories of music and influences, His movement from participating in his dad’s business, to moving blindly to Nashville, becoming a songwriter with his band “luvjOi”, founding (through Big & Rich )the “MuzikMafia”, an association of singer-songwriters which also included Shannon Lawson, Gretchen Wilson and Cowboy Troy, and how he got started performing.
Musical selections include: Free Like Me, Less Than Whole
, Be Back Home
, Under the Sun
, and Wake Up
.
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