Kenan Rainwater, Mandi Rogier, and Eric Hamblen working the sound and video for The Stream. photos by Cindy Steele
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Cox Brothers. Among the show’ s other highlights, Kenan says, were Michael Moulder’ s songs and Steve Plessinger’ s“ Coal Mine.”
Kenan plans to keep the Showcases coming. The next two are in the works, tentatively scheduled for July 17 and November 7 at the Playhouse. He’ s also got his sights set on approaching the Brown County Music Center about other shows in the future. But despite his supersized confidence and natural talent for thinking big, Kenan’ s still Brown County through and through.“ I’ ve been to enough places to realize that they’ re great to visit, but it’ s nice to come home,” he says.“ I like the things I get to do here, I like the streams, the hills, the people. I like the rural feel of it. I like the change of seasons.” He even chops the firewood he burns to heat the studio and his home, he tells me. Note to Kenan, if you’ re reading this: the more fingers you have, the easier the knobs in the studio are to turn.•
Mandi Rogier and Kenan Rainwater at the Brown County Playhouse Showcase. photo by Nuk Mills
The Stream airs every Wednesday at 8 p. m. on Rainwater Studio’ s Facebook and YouTube pages. More information on Rainwater Studios can be found at < rainwaterrecordingcompany. com >. More information about the July 17 Best of Stream Showcase can be found at < browncountyplayhouse. org >.
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Kristopher Garner talking to Kenan Rainwater on The Stream. photo by Cindy Steele