Cassy Coots sent Abe Partridge a viral video of a woman singing and playing in an empty church. The song was called "King Jesus."

The way she was playing and singing, Abe just had to meet her. And if she allowed it, he wanted to record her, too.

She was Dootsie Rose, from McKee, Kentucky.

Abe made a vinyl record of a magical day he spent with Ms. Dootsie. The album will release at Bro. Abe's Sunday Service, at the Laurel Cove Music Festival.

Today we feature the sweetest moments from Abe's session with Dootsie Rose.

Special thanks to Jeb Kicker and Brent Busby, who made this week's episode particularly beautiful, to us.

Abe plays Chiefs on Broadway (Nashville) and encounters a rising songwriter named Jake Worthington. They trade songs back and forth.

Abe sees "the classic country style" in him – Abe draws connections from the roots of country to the here and now, as he sees it.

At David Childer's house – recording a new Satan You're A Liars record – Abe breaks down why an upcoming show at the Laurel Cove Music Festival is a series of firsts: The Free Pentecostal House of Prayer are to play for a secular audience, and record an album in the process.

Mentions today: Jake Worthington's Big Time Lonesome.

Laurel Cove Music Festival (Bro. Abe's Sunday Service): Facebook Page

Abe and Ferrill are glad you are listening along!

New to the mountains, Abe falls in love with Appalachia.

In the college dorm one night, he hears another student picking a banjo. Abe purchases an $80 Korean banjo (complete with an Earl Scruggs instructional cassette) to begin the daunting task of learning how to play.

With a few basics down, Abe begins a search for "his people" – musicians who play in jam circles. As he tells it, these circles are far better than live shows.

In live shows, the audience's desires are paramount. But in bluegrass circles, so far away from the mainstream, the musicians play for each other, soloing to impress their friends with new, innovative licks, progressions and tempos. And – Abe is absolutely welcome, and feels at home.