Rumi said “Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.” —This week’s episode will feature music from my youth that fixed me to musical soil. It may surprise you that playing Southern Gospel music as a kid has informed the way I approach playing some Baroque and Romantic opera scores, but it’s true. Southern Gospel music taught me how to play the piano...and Gershwin. (Played on the Mason and Hamlin at Dalton First Presbyterian Church)