#77 Arminda Thomas, singer, musician, and host of Music from the Well - a podcast by Planetary Gigs Society

Arminda Thomas grew up in Memphis and her parents always had music playing. She sang a lot as a child but didn't really play an instrument, until Guy Davis left a banjo at her house and she started playing. She also remembers that, when both of her grandmothers passed close in time, she began researching the music they would have listened to when young, which led her to discover the wide variety of roots music. That led eventually to her radio show "Music from the Well," hosted as MemphisMinda, which features eclectic roots music, streams at www.rhythmandsoulradio.com, and is archived on mixcloud. She says "I like the idea that the music is alive" and wants to give people the "chance to connect." She says a lot of roots players were the type who sang and played on their front porch; she thinks it was joy, the joy of doing it, that was their goal. She also says, "I think everybody should be in a band, because bands are about being in relationships in ways that are very practical, and also emotional, but there are solutions. It has helped me grow, ... leads me closer to building peace."

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