MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Hattiesburg singer-songwriter, writer and educator Drew Young and Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship Program & Special Events Coordinator Mark Preston joined us on Studio 10 to discuss why local music matters and the upcoming Back Roads & Back Stories concert in Fairhope.
Young’s recent essay, “Why Local Music Matters,” examines how musicians, venues and audiences help shape their communities. The Fairhope concert puts that idea into practice, bringing original songs and the stories behind them into a listening-room setting.
Back Roads & Back Stories features Drew Young, Cary Hudson and Bud Tower trading songs and stories in a writers-in-the-round performance…