Sunday, April 5, 2009
"SPIRITUALITY OF PLACE" with Chuck Suchy

Chuck Suchy is one of the foremost musical voices of the American Great Plains. He is a working farmer, born and raised and at home in the blue hills along the Missouri River south of Mandan. His ballads and songs are unique - sensitive and honest portrayals of contem-porary American farm life - but from an insider's point of view. His songs evoke and extol the Great Plains region and lifestyle as well as human relationships, spirituality, motorcycles, and even sailing.

The Plains have seen a lot of change over the past several decades, including farm crises, loss of population, and a major restructuring of the agricultural economy. Chuck remains an astute observer of it all and his songs chronicle not only the events, but the emotions and feelings that accompany such upheaval and change.

His music and stories speak to everyone - urban and rural - because laughter, love, gain and loss are common human property.