
Try a new Chinese cuisine
In 2008, I was asked by NBC.com to make a list of things for Olympics visitors to do in Beijing. One of my suggestions was to try a new kind of Chinese cuisine. I stand by the list - but not the restaurant recommendations, which are five years…

World blues: guqin/guitar duet
This was a fully improvised performance at the Xiamen Beach Festival discussed in the Big in China prologue. Zhang Yong opened up with a solo guqin piece and 10 minutes before he went on, e told me to come out when he looked at me and nodded…

Why I Write
I did in an interview for the Why I Write website, and I think it came out pretty well.
It's really hard to read something like about yourself and not feel a little pompous, but it captures my method of writing, or lack thereof.
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Playing Duane Allman’s guitar
A special guest post:
What was it like to play Duane Allman’s guitar?
by Sonny Moorman
I had the thrill of my musical life last year when I got to play Duane Allman’s 1957 Goldtop Les Paul on a Macon, Georgia, stage.
I grew…