Alabama Astronaut is a podcast featuring Alabama songwriter & artist Abe Partridge. Abe discovers a set of undocumented songs in the hills... more
This was a live show recorded at the Alabama Contemporary Art Center on January 21, 2023. It features a tearful... more
Abe shares the podcast with his subjects, and one sends him back a humbling text.
Abe continues to visit the churches of Bro. Jimmy Morrow and Andrew Hamblin. At Jimmy Morrow's church, Abe and his... more
Ferrill arranges a meeting with Abe and "Salvation on Sand Mountain" author Dennis Covington, in Lubbock, Texas. Abe composes questions... more
Abe and Ferrill meet a New Yorker named Tony Feyer, an artist whose history intertwines with the most legendary serpent-handling... more
Abe and host Ferrill Gibbs meet in person in Birmingham, Alabama, to transport a load of recording equipment to Middlesboro,... more
Abe visits the home of Pastor Jimmy Morrow, in Cocke County, Tennessee, to learn about serpent handling, and to ask... more
Abe visits legendary serpent-handling church "Old Rockhouse Holiness" in Section, Alabama – a church that once inspired author Dennis Covington... more
Abe visits the home of fourth-generation serpent handler Cody Coots, along with Cody's wife, Cassy, to capture generations-old songs from... more
Abe meets serpent handling preacher Jamie Coots on a chance encounter in 2006, while pastoring a church in Middlesboro, Ky.... more
In the spirit of John and Alan Lomax, Abe Partridge embarks upon a quest to capture the undocumented songs of... more
In the spirit of John and Alan Lomax, Abe Partridge embarks upon a quest to capture the undocumented songs of the serpent... more