Andrew Morris, half of the musical duo, The Matchsellers, grew up “just south of Warsaw, off Ferguson Road,” and their latest album, “Kosciusko County,” finds him joining a long list of writers, from Garrison Keillor to Bruce Springsteen, who have found inspiration in their hometowns.

“What’s a Kosciusko?” is something Andrew Morris hears way too often. Although he doesn’t mind explaining to out-of-towners how the word is pronounced — and that it’s the county he was raised in — he’s pretty sick of the question by now. “It might have been a dumb idea,” he laughed. “I answer that question …read more.

“And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories And ev’ry stranger’s face I see reminds me that I long to be, Homeward bound, I wish I was…..” – “Homeward Bound” by Simon and Garfunkel The lyrics of Simon and Garfunkel’s road-weary classic must be ringing true with Andrew Morris right …read more.

[weaver_youtube KKIrsXl2DZA rel=0] When we last heard from The Matchsellers – the bluegrass duo of Andrew Morris and Julie Bates – they were leaving Kosciusko County to spend some time in Bates’ native Kansas City, Mo., then departing on an extensive tour around the country. The group is still out busking their way around the …read more.

[weaver_youtube C9OqjW03QLs rel=0] This is the story of two Americans, living in Germany, who started a band. Andrew Morris, a talented flat-picker, grew up in Kosciusko County. Julie Bates is a Kansas City girl who knows her way around a fiddle. The two were bright students in college, earning them both Fulbright Scholarships to teach English …read more.

Mike Beezley once again came away as the People’s Choice Award winner and the $1,000 grand prize in the Cancer Care Fund of Kosciusko County’s fundraiser Battle of the Bands Etc. Beezley was last year’s People’s Choice Award winner in the Idol Nite competition which has been replaced by Battle of the Bands Etc. The …read more.