I was in Nashville a couple weeks ago and couldn’t resist driving up to Hendersonville and visiting John and June’s final resting place:

It was nice and peaceful sitting there on their bench for a few, strumming a few choruses of Wildwood Flower while some folks were having some sort of candlelight vigil affair.

So, 2011 is drawing to a close, and all the music rags are coming out with their “Best of 2011” lists. Though Zite, Flipboard or your favorite RSS reader might have already aggregated these and others for you, here’s a sampling I think is pretty spot on. Continue reading →