The Story

Super excited to announce new guest, Chad Hogg, to The Story!

Chad Hogg is a Lancaster County native who has also lived in Bethlehem and Williamsport before returning home four years ago. He played woodwinds and handbells as a child but was mostly uninterested in popular music until he was introduced to the third wave of ska in 1997, and dove from it into an appreciation for punk rock and heavy metal. He first picked up a bass guitar in 2001 while a student at Ursinus College majoring in computer science and minoring in music and mathematics. After completing a doctoral degree in computer science he has taught at Mansfield University, Ursinus College, King's College, and now Millersville University. He has performed in school and college ensembles, various church-related teams, and several short-lived bands over the years.

In 2019 he was delighted to find three like-minded strangers in the Lancaster area to form Ford The River, a local "dad-punk" band, and to be able to do music as a serious hobby while maintaining a career in another field. Ford The RIver released its debut album, Adult Thoughts, in early 2021, and has been releasing a single each month of 2022. They have upcoming shows at Pilgur Ruh Brewing in Pottsville on May 21, Tellus 360 in Lancaster on May 25, Shovel Head Tavern in Altoon on June 18, the Skid Row Garage Benefit Show at Central Market in York on July 23, Stage On Herr in Harrisburg on August 11, and the Carnival of Chaos 2 at The Church in Lebanon on August 13.

Super excited to announce new guest, Kate Ray, to The Story!

A 2021 graduate of Lancaster Bible College, Kate has spent her first year teaching at Mount Calvary Christian School in Elizabethtown, PA. She has enjoyed teaching elementary general music and elementary choirs, and looks forward to continuing to teach! When she’s not in the classroom, Kate might be found leading worship, reading beside the lake, or curling up to take a nap.

Super excited to announce our next guest, Ray Taylor, to The Story!

Ray currently resides in Lancaster, PA but is originally from Baltimore, MD. In the fall of 2001, he began attending Lancaster Bible College where he studied Pastoral Ministry and graduated with a B.S. in Biblical Studies. It was there that he met his wife, Erin, in the college's first gospel choir they started with a few other students.

In 2006, Ray and Erin graduated together from Lancaster Bible College, and were married a year later.

The Lord led them to serve the worship ministry at New Life Christian Fellowship (2007-2014), the young adult ministry at Worship Center in Leola, PA (2015-2019), and currently as Pastor of Worship and Connections at Lancaster Alliance Church.

Absolutely thrilled to announce new guest, Dr. Robert Bigley, to The Story!

Dr. Robert Bigley enjoys a multi-faceted career that seems to broaden with each new season of life. He is the founding Director of The Trust Performing Arts Center and Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Lancaster Bible College where he conducts the College Chorale and Chamber Singers. His ensembles frequently collaborate with other musical groups including modern Irish hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty, Dove Award-winning artist Michael Card, international recording artist Declan O’Rourke, the Grammy-nominated ensemble New York Polyphony, as well as the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, Opera Lancaster, and even an appearance on the Christmas album of the Grammy-nominated metalcore band August Burns Red.

He has taught middle school, high school, community college and 4-year college in both private and public institutions and was twice listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. Bigley has conducted a variety of ensembles throughout the years, including the Greater Miami Youth Symphony, Opera Lancaster, the Cascade Symphony, and Orquesta Sinfónica María de Bohórquez (Barcelona) and has led concert tours around the world, including Ireland, China and Spain with his LBC choirs.

He has acted on screen and stage in productions throughout the country, most recently with the historic Fulton Theatre, PRiMA Theatre, and Servant Stage Company.

Dr. Bigley holds degrees from the University of Washington, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Miami. He is married to the pianist and music director, Kendra Bigley.

SUPER excited to announce a new guest, Ruddy Turnstone, to The Story!

Ruddy Turnstone is the project of songwriter Chris Kulkusky. Chris played bass in The Crossline before moving to Virginia and joining No Fault of Their Own as the lead singer. Meanwhile, he was playing solo under the name Jasper the Tourist, and he later moved back to Pennsylvania and continued with Jasper the Tourist.

After retiring that project, Chris started playing under the name Ruddy Turnstone. Chris has released a handful of singles under the Ruddy Turnstone moniker, a collaborative hip hop EP with New Jersey rapper Phaze, and his debut album, Full Moon Carnival, which is a stripped down, acoustic concept album.

SUPER excited to announce a new guest, Ruddy Turnstone, to The Story!

Ruddy Turnstone is the project of songwriter Chris Kulkusky. Chris played bass in The Crossline before moving to Virginia and joining No Fault of Their Own as the lead singer. Meanwhile, he was playing solo under the name Jasper the Tourist, and he later moved back to Pennsylvania and continued with Jasper the Tourist.

After retiring that project, Chris started playing under the name Ruddy Turnstone. Chris has released a handful of singles under the Ruddy Turnstone moniker, a collaborative hip hop EP with New Jersey rapper Phaze, and his debut album, Full Moon Carnival, which is a stripped down, acoustic concept album.

We are SUPER stoked to announce another new guest, Liam Galiano, to The Story!

Liam started playing bass in a Lancaster County high school when Primus’ “Tommy the Cat” inspired him to stop pretending to play clarinet and start pretending to slap bass. Luckily, thanks in large part to lessons with professor and consummate bassist Tim Wolfe, Liam learned to tastefully play any genre, at least well enough to not get fired!

This has led him to a still early but successful career of session work and live performance for a huge variety of artists and genres. Not limited to his ’75 Fender Jazz, Liam also plays upright bass in musicals, and six-string bass in his own music. He released a Christmas album performed exclusively on solo bass and voice, and plans to release some new original music this year. Before joining Soul Miners Union, Liam toured with Sun & Rain and shared bills with some of the top names in that scene including Perpetual Groove, Papadosio, and Tauk.

While he still loves the absolutely bombastic creativity of high school idols Les Claypool and Brian Richie, Liam’s biggest influences today are those bass legends who have not only chops, but also restraint. Through studying Marcus Miller, Chuck Rainey, James Jamerson, Victor Wooten, Geddy Lee, and so many others, Liam has found his own voice. As the great Ian Martin Allison says, “I have never wanted to be the star; I wanted to be the star’s bass player.”

SUPER excited to announce a new guest, Robin Chambers to The Story!

Originally a child of the '60s in Southern California, Robin Chambers now resides around Lancaster, Pennsylvania. But as a youth in a time and place that cherished liberation, Robin developed a zeal for actively celebrating her creative spirit... letting the inside out.

Though she engages in expressive writing daily, and has fashioned and sold many works of art, Robin has made her living from acting, and from her true passion-- music-- since she was 18 years old. If pressed to define her career, she would say she is a violinist/ singer/ songwriter.

Robin has been a founding member of a number of bands, such as Modern Icons, and Lavacave, as well as working as a session musician, recording on a variety of projects, including albums, motion picture soundtracks, and commercials. She has performed in countless clubs, from corner taverns to CBGBs, World Cafe Live, and Lancaster's own Chameleon, as well as many festivals, and in the streets of NYC, New Orleans, San Fransisco, and Paris, to name a few.

You can find Robin Chambers in these places:

Robin Chambers Music

Bjorn Jacobsen with Robin Chambers

Lavacave

Spotify: Lavacave

Soundcloud: Robin Marie Chambers

SUPER excited to announce a new guest, Robin Chambers to The Story!

Originally a child of the '60s in Southern California, Robin Chambers now resides around Lancaster, Pennsylvania. But as a youth in a time and place that cherished liberation, Robin developed a zeal for actively celebrating her creative spirit... letting the inside out.

Though she engages in expressive writing daily, and has fashioned and sold many works of art, Robin has made her living from acting, and from her true passion-- music-- since she was 18 years old. If pressed to define her career, she would say she is a violinist/ singer/ songwriter.

Robin has been a founding member of a number of bands, such as Modern Icons, and Lavacave, as well as working as a session musician, recording on a variety of projects, including albums, motion picture soundtracks, and commercials. She has performed in countless clubs, from corner taverns to CBGBs, World Cafe Live, and Lancaster's own Chameleon, as well as many festivals, and in the streets of NYC, New Orleans, San Fransisco, and Paris, to name a few.

You can find Robin Chambers in these places:

Robin Chambers Music

Bjorn Jacobsen with Robin Chambers

Lavacave

Spotify: Lavacave

Soundcloud: Robin Marie Chambers

Absolutely THRILLED to announce a new guest, Sam Ingram, to The Story!

Sam Ingram is a Strasburg, PA native who studied musical theater and biblical studies at Lancaster Bible College. She graduated in 2020, and then joined the cast of "Queen Esther" at Sight and Sound Theatres in Lancaster in the spring of 2021. She is now in the cast of "David" at the same theater and is loving every second of it!

While at LBC she performed in many school shows, some of her favorite roles being Mrs. Banks in "Mary Poppins" and Naomi in "Ruth." Outside of school, she performed with Servant Stage and the Fulton Theatre, some of her favorite roles being Kate Murphy in "Titanic" (Servant Stage) and ensemble in both "Mamma Mia!" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (Fulton Theatre).

Sam is so beyond grateful to be able to have a career in what she loves to do, and she gives all of her thanks to her super supportive friends and family, and even more of her thanks and all the glory to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!