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In this special edition of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited, guest host Mitch McVicker takes us on a journey through his music catalog—sharing songs and stories from throughout the years. He also talks about his upcoming album and performs a new song from that project!  *This episode is available on Apple, Spotify etc. as a BONUS episode of Between the Songs podcast. Track List: 01. Heaven is Waiting...

To coincide with our YouTube release of Mitch McVicker - In Concert: Pinions at The Opinion—an hour-plus concert video shot by our own Hal Swift, we're excited to share this Extended Audio Edition of the concert—featuring an additional 35 minutes from the show that weren't included in the video, as well as an interview with Hal. Plus, stay tuned after the concert to hear Mitch perform a br...

On this episode of Between the Songs, Joe and Chris sit down with one of contemporary Christian music’s most influential artists, guitarist and songwriter Phil Keaggy. Phil talks with us about the 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of his groundbreaking album Love Broke Thru, which he’s currently reissuing through Kickstarter. We also look back on highlights from his remarkable career, his memories o...

Between the Songs is pleased to present, as a special bonus, the 80th episode of the Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited podcast—a 15th anniversary celebration of Ragamuffin Archive! Spotlighting some of our favorite performances that we've shared on the archive over the past decade and a half! Featuring music from Rich Mullins, A Ragamuffin Band, Hal Swift, Carolyn Arends, Mitch McVicker, Eric Hauck &a...

In our latest episode, we discuss Joe's recent article, "The Search for Charlie", and how that search eventually led to Hal Swift's brand new cover of an unreleased Rich Mullins song called "Charlie". Plus, Chris sits down with Andrew Montonera to talk about a Rich Mullins exhibit that Andrew helped curate for Judson University. The exhibit—Rich Mullins: A Legacy—is currently open to the public Mo...

In this short feature, Joe Cook discusses some of the things happening this week on Ragamuffin Archive, including the latest concert release and new episodes of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited and Between the Songs! Listen on our website: https://www.ragamuffinarchive.com/episode-66-ragamuffin-archive-revisited/ Follow us on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/ragamuffinarchive/

Joe recently had the chance to sit down with Mitch McVicker for a very casual interview. During their conversation, they discuss Bob Dylan, some of Mitch's favorite songs, and Mitch finally gives us the definitive answer to the question "Who is Susan?" in the Rich Mullins song "What Susan Said". Plus, he shares the story behind— and plays an acoustic version of— one of Joe&...

Joe Cook discusses some of the things happening this week on Ragamuffin Archive, including the latest concert release and new episodes of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited and Between the Songs!

In our latest episode, Joe & Chris celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Reunion Records' 1994 video release, Rich Mullins: Pursuit of a Legacy. They have an in-depth discussion about the four music videos that were filmed for the project, as well as Rich's spoken segments that were included between the songs. As a special bonus, we're excited to share an unreleased portion of our inte...

Listen on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/ragamuffinarchive/ Listen via our website: https://www.ragamuffinarchive.com/episode-62-ragamuffin-archive-revisited/ Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited is a weekly podcast hosted by Joe Cook. Each week we do a deep dive into the archive—and beyond— to curate a playlist featuring music by Rich Mullins, A Ragamuffin Band & other adjacent artists! New epis...

We're thrilled to kick off the relaunch of Between the Songs with an incredible interview with two legends: Russ Taff and Steve Taylor. Russ & Steve join Joe & Chris to discuss Russ's upcoming album "Cover Story" and the Kickstarter campaign that Steve has started for the project. They also discuss Russ's recent viral interview on the "Soft White Underbelly", as well as some of Steve's upcoming pr...

In celebration of Independence Day, Between the Songs podcast is excited to bring you this special presentation of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited— Rich Mullins In America. This two-hour episode features songs by Rich that focus on the beauty he found all across America, as well as songs that deal with his journey as a Christian in the United States. Author/Podcaster Christopher Marchand joins us to...

In honor of the 25th Anniversary of The Jesus Record, Joe & Chris share a previously unreleased 90 minute interview with Ragamuffin Band bass player, Mark Robertson— taped back in 2017. They also discuss Joe's new weekly Ragamuffin Archive YouTube show, the upcoming vinyl reissue of Rick Elias's first album, and Chris shares some reflections on The Jesus Record.

In this episode, Chris and Joe begin a deep dive into the album Rick Elias & The Confessions. They take a look back at the Christian Music scene in 1990 to discover how Rick was being marketed and why, despite only being a moderate success at the time, the album remains loved by both critics and fans alike— and was even ranked as the 58th greatest Christian Music album of all time by CCM Magazine...

This episode features an extended interview with renowned musician and songwriter Phil Madeira. Phil comes on to talk about how his band Red Dirt Boys (backup band for Emmylou Harris) is doing a crowdfunding campaign for two new albums. But he also tells us about his storied career in the music business, how he found himself being the band leader for Rick Elias' tribute concert, and why he liked R...

April 2, 2021 is the two year anniversary of the death of Rick Elias. This episode is a tribute to his life and work and features a long list of people sharing their stories about all the beautiful, conflicted moments they got to share with him over the years, including: Jimmy Abegg, Aaron Smith, Mark Robertson, Phil Madeira, Ben Pearson, Phil Keaggy, Margaret Becker, Randy Stonehill, Bryan Duncan...

This episode features a conversation with Rick Lee James, a singer-songwriter and recording artist from Ohio. In 2019 he was given the opportunity to record the Rich Mullins song "Thunder," which was written in the early part of his career and was later re-written by Lowell Alexander and Phil Naish. James put the song on his latest album, which he named Thunder, a heartfelt collection of...

This episode features two interviews with Mitch McVicker, one with him discussing the Kickstarter campaign for his new album A Shrugging of the Shoulders, and the other a kind of radio special that goes in-depth into his previous album The Acceptance of And.

This episode features an interview with filmmaker Andrew Montonera about the new Rich Mullins documentary "The Work You Began: The Last Days of Rich Mullins." The film features new interviews with artists and friends, as well as the family he stayed with in the weeks before he died, and offers the story surrounding the last concert he gave, Mitch McVicker's first album, and how the songs of the Je...

Our next bonus episode features interviews with Andrew Osenga and Jeremy Casella, two artists greatly affected by Rich Mullins' work, and who are currently trying to fund their new albums on Kickstarter. Joe was able to talk with Osenga last fall in the lead up to the Window Rock Tribute Concert and Chris spoke to Casella a few weeks ago for PostConsumer Reports (the full interview with Casella is...

To start the new year we have a very special bonus episode featuring a lost interview of Rich Mullins from 1992. A tape was recently discovered at KHAC radio that contains a lengthy interview Mullins did with Chuck Harper (of Western Indian Ministries and Christ For Native Youth) a few years before Mullins moved out to the Navajo nation to do ministry work. The episode also features...

Bassist, song-writer, and producer Mark Robertson was not only a member of Rich Mullins' Ragamuffin Band and the lead singer of This Train, but he also recorded He has just released an album with his new band Prayer Flags and so we decided to take the opportunity to talk about the new music, his long history in the music business, and his time with Mullins. Although today's bonus episode features...

This bonus episode features an interview with Matt Walden, the creator, maker, and perpetrator of St. Rich Beard Oil. Not only do we get into the beard oil origin story, but Matt also gives an extensive account of his weekend in Nashville where he attended the Andrew Peterson A Liturgy, A Legacy, & A Ragamuffin Band tribute concert, as well as a party with a number of Mullins' old fr...

This episode, released on the 20th Anniversary of Rich Mullins' death, features a Q&A recorded live at the Window Rock Tribute Concert (September 16, 2017), and features David Mullins, Mitch McVicker, Beth Snell Lutz, Andrew Osenga, and Chuck Harper. Then, we were so moved by David Mullins' talk during the concert we decided to include it as well. With humor and some twists and turns Davi...

Our next bonus episode features an in depth interview with musician and pastor Eric Hauck that Joe did on KHAC radio. Eric toured with Mullins as part of the Ragamuffin Band and was also a member of the Kid Brothers of St. Frank. This episode also features an interview Joe did with Chris about the upcoming Window Rock Tribute Concert, where Joe and Chris go over the event and share ways that peopl...