Between the Songs

21/08/2024

We’re back!!!!

Exciting news! This week we’re relaunching Between the Songs podcast with an interview with two incredible guests: Russ Taff and Steve Taylor! Last night we had the opportunity to talk with them about Russ’s new album and Kickstarter— and a whole lot more! The episode releases very soon so be sure to subscribe to Between the Songs on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts!

21/08/2024

So this happened tonight. IYKYK. I got to interview Steve Taylor and Russ Taff with my friend Joe. This was truly a bucket list moment for me. The interview will be releasing soon!

19/08/2024

Episode 60 of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited is available now! Featuring music from Rich Mullins, A Ragamuffin Band, Mitch McVicker, Wayne Kirkpatrick and The Greek Wedding Band featuring John Tsifliklis. Plus, the latest releases from Sixpence None the Richer, Phil Madeira and Amy Grant— and the w...

12/08/2024

Episode 59 of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited is available now! Featuring music from Rich Mullins, Michael W. Smith, Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil, Billy Crockett, This Train, dc Talk, Jason Gray w/ Kipper Gray & Jimmy Abegg and Third Day. Ep. 59 Track List: 01. Secret Ambition - Michael W. Smith (i...

05/08/2024

Episode 58 of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited is available now! Featuring music from Rich Mullins, A Ragamuffin Band, Mitch McVicker, Rick Elias, Jimmy Abegg (feat. Charlie Peacock), 77s, Ashley Cleveland, Jason Lee McKinney, and Andrew Osenga. Ep. 58 Track List: 01. Bouncing Off the Ceiling - A Ragam...

03/08/2024

Ragamuffin Archive is excited to announce that a previously unreleased Rich Mullins concert recording is now available! Read all about it— and hear it— at the link below:

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *Contact: Ragamuffin Archive Email: [email protected] EARLY RICH MULLINS CONCERT RECORDING DISCOVERED Ragamuffin Archive is thrilled to announce the discovery of a rare, previously unreleased recording of a Rich Mullins concert, unearthed by our longtime friend Andrew...

29/07/2024

Episode 57 of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited is available now! Featuring music from Rich Mullins, Rick Elias, Andrew Osenga, Mitch McVicker, Amy Grant, This Train, Alyssa & Kimmie, Zion, and the Compassion All Star Band featuring Phil Madeira & Randy Stonehill.

Listen on the Ragamuffin Archive YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/Wx_FsNIjlsw?si=1-pfEZGa9cil1BQ-

15/07/2024

08/07/2024

Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited Episode 54– A Ragamuffin Tribute to Cornerstone ‘94 (Part I)—is available now! Featuring live performances from Rich Mullins & Beaker, Steve Taylor, 77s, Sixpence None the Richer, Phil Madeira & Jimmy Abegg, Ashley Cleveland and Lost Dogs.

Listen: https://youtu.be/Mwv4RJkLZQs?si=nIaPDbzU0pbxsxqA

05/07/2024

We hope you all had a Happy Fourth of July! In honor of the occasion, we've made last year's two-hour Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited special, "Rich Mullins in America" available as a bonus episode of the Between the Songs podcast!

In celebration of Independence Day, Between the Songs podcast is excited to bring you this special presentation of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited— Rich Mullins In America. This two-hour episode features songs by Rich that focus on the beauty he found all across America, as well as songs that deal w...

27/05/2024

Parts I & II of the Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited Podcast’s First Anniversary Celebration are available now! Featuring some of our all time favorite Ragamuffin Archive recordings from Rich Mullins, A Ragamuffin Band, Mitch McVicker & more!

Part I: https://youtu.be/x_sKZdANI6Y
Part II: https://youtu.be/T0tSIgi_dKA

19/05/2024

Tonight at 9pm ET we celebrate the 1st anniversary of our podcast— Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited! Sharing some of our all-time favorite rare Rich Mullins/Ragamuffin recordings from our archives! Feel free to hang out with us in the live chat! Listen here: https://youtu.be/x_sKZdANI6Y?si=7nGNlRJh_XHEzXiM

29/04/2024

Episode 49 of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited is available now! Featuring music from Rich Mullins, Michael Tait, Vector, Altar Boys, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Mitch McVicker and Tom Booth. Plus, we remember Will Owsley.

Listen: https://youtu.be/S1ftAPXkDNQ?si=_YGQIa5wDGYhEb2d

26/04/2024

Check out “Where the Earth Makes No Sound”— the tremendous new album from our friend Mitch McVicker. Available today on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your music! Physical copies available at https://mitchmcvicker.com/

24/04/2024

The Slick Pop Sounds music video for “Live Right” by Rich Mullins— featuring Amy Grant— is available now!

Ragamuffin Archive is thrilled to partner with our friend— singer/songwriter/musician, Hal Swift— to bring you "Slick Pop Sounds", an all new series of Rich ...

23/04/2024

Many of you are likely familiar with my friend Christopher Edward Marchand. He has been an active member of the Rich Mullins community for many years, as the creator of the PostConsumer Reports blog & podcast— as well as a host (with me) on the Between the Songs podcast. He has partnered with Ragamuffin Archive on numerous projects, and last year we were both honored to serve together as producers on the new Rich Mullins album “Deep Valley”.

Today, Chris released the first episode of a new podcast called Wall of Silence: The ACNAtoo Story—an account of church abuse and coverup in the Anglican Church in North America. I just finished listening to Episode 1: The Thesis, and I wanted to say that the work Chris is doing with this podcast is nothing short of inspiring. He is shining a light on the abuse that has taken place within his own denomination, and helping to give voice to those who have been abused within the church.

While the focus of this podcast is on the ACNA, we know that stories like this don’t end there. Sadly, abuse is an epidemic within the American church, regardless of denomination. Firstly, I want to encourage you to listen to this thought-provoking series and be challenged, as Christians, to hold our leaders accountable, so that churches will ultimately do better to protect and defend victims of abuse. But on top of that, I want to encourage you to listen so that the victims of abuse know that their voices matter and that we hear them.

— Joe Cook, Ragamuffin Archive

Listen to Wall of Silence Episode 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wall-of-silence/id1737035615?i=1000653333808

Learn more about ACNAtoo: https://www.acnatoo.org/

22/04/2024

Episode 48 of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited is available now! Featuring music from Rich Mullins, This Train, Phil Keaggy, Carolyn Arends, Zion, Ashley K. Davis, Amy Vreeman, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Ashley Cleveland and A Ragamuffin Band. Plus, hear Rich Mullins’ never-before-heard demo of “What Trouble Are Giants”, a track from Mitch McVicker’s new album, and a tribute to Mandisa.

Listen: https://youtu.be/6Dm_asNhuqQ?si=5YgVivgr5weOTutM

08/04/2024

Episode 46 of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited is available now! Featuring music from Rich Mullins, Mitch McVicker, Jimmy Abegg, Rick Elias, Amy Grant, Brighton, Tom Howard and Zion.

Listen on the Ragamuffin Archive YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/O4GDLMQ39w4?si=k5mj5QfbnVCkV4Zp

03/04/2024

Ragamuffin Archive is thrilled to partner with our friend— singer/songwriter/musician, Hal Swift— to bring you "Slick Pop Sounds", an all new series of Rich ...

02/04/2024

Join us tonight at 8pm ET as we honor Rick Elias on the 5th anniversary of his passing with a special 2 1/2 hour livestream of our Between the Songs tribute episode— Remembering Rick Elias. Featuring reflections from his bands The Ragamuffins and The Confessions, as well as Margaret Becker, Randy Stonehill, Phil Keaggy, Bryan Duncan, Carolyn Arends, Mitch McVicker and many more! Plus, join us to share your memories of Rick in the YouTube live chat during the broadcast.

Five years ago today, on April 2, 2019, singer/songwriter/ragamuffin, Rick Elias passed away after a short battle with cancer. In honor of Rick, tonight we p...

21/03/2024

Ragamuffin Archive is thrilled to partner with our friend— singer/songwriter/musician, Hal Swift— to bring you "Slick Pop Sounds", an all new series of Rich ...

18/03/2024

Episode 43 of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited is available now! Featuring music from Rich Mullins, Hokus Pick, Lost Dogs, Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil, Pam Mark Hall & Noel Paul Stookey, Choice Lifestyle, Eric Hauck & David Mullins, Rick Elias, Michael W. Smith and Mitch McVicker.

Listen: https://youtu.be/z0qro456e_8?si=t3wjgosY09mNWGw2

11/03/2024

Episode 42 of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited is available now! Featuring music from Rich Mullins & Ragamuffin Band, Zion, Debora Iyall, Mitch McVicker, Andrew Osenga, Derek Webb, Margaret Becker, Carolyn Arends and Ted Yoder.

Listen: https://youtu.be/od8xi6M36Q8?si=qRKbEkiIdo0CB1p6

06/03/2024

Check out our second "Slick Pop Sounds" track— a completely remixed and reimagined version of the Rich Mullins classic, A Few Good Men— produced by our friend, Hal Swift! Available now on the Ragamuffin Archive YouTube channel.

Listen: https://youtu.be/3ObedT32dbw

04/03/2024

Episode 41 of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited is available now! Featuring music from Rich Mullins, 77s, Mitch McVicker, Third Day, Wayne Kirkpatrick, The Ascendants, Hal Swift, Altar Boys, Amy Grant, Randy Stonehill, and Wendell Kimbrough featuring Rachel Wilhelm. Plus, get an early listen to the latest Rich Mullins “Slick Pop Sounds” remix!

Listen: https://youtu.be/brWQW7Kus5M?si=Bm6vnyAY-OdHsdzI

21/02/2024

Ragamuffin Archive is thrilled to partner with our friend— singer/songwriter/musician, Hal Swift— to bring you "Slick Pop Sounds", an all new series of Rich ...

12/02/2024

It's Ragamuffin Loves Songs & More on our latest episode of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited— available now! Featuring music from Rich Mullins & A Ragamuffin Band, Rick Elias, Mark Robertson, Jimmy Abegg, Amy Grant & Gary Chapman, Bebe Winans and Michael W. Smith. Plus, we remember Toby Keith and his Ragamuffin connection.

Listen: https://youtu.be/NTJo-D1ZzIo

30/01/2024

Check out Episode 36 of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited— available now! Featuring music from Rich Mullins, Billy Sprague, 77s, Hal Swift, Tommy Sims, Altar Boys, Amy Vreeman, & Jars of Clay! Plus we celebrate Ashley Cleveland’s birthday and reflect on the 5th Anniversary of the final Ragamuffin Band concert.

Listen: https://youtu.be/ieNFm_sNrY4?si=0avHYIc1JMOHumRn

23/01/2024

14 years ago today, we uploaded our first video to Ragamuffin Archive. Join us for our latest episode of Ragamuffin Archive: Revisited as we celebrate our anniversary by looking back on some of the most memorable live Rich Mullins performances that we’ve shared over the years!

Listen: https://youtu.be/aWrdFebk0S0?si=nzVo1uou4iNen-Rp