{"id":1706,"name":"Hal Cannon","url":"","description":"Hal Cannon is a musician, composer and writer who spent much of his life as a folklorist and radio producer. As the founding Director of the Western Folklife Center and the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, he has published dozens of books and recordings on the folk arts of the West. Since retiring from the Western Folklife Center Hal\u2019s life revolves around music. A lifetime of listening and studying the American West informs his songs. He performs primarily with the 3hattrio singing and playing banjo and guitar.\u00a0 Also, he writes a weekly music and art column, <a href=\"https:\/\/halcannon.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLoose Cannon Boost.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"yiv2600042235\">Hal lives with his wife, writer and artist, Teresa Jordan in a pioneer era pecan orchard in Virgin, Utah\u00a0<\/span>","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/author\/hal-cannon\/","slug":"hal-cannon","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25549ab490433e73543f7ffeb5fabe272804d80d2a8a1f7005283b1016fc6a00?s=24&d=mm&r=pg","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25549ab490433e73543f7ffeb5fabe272804d80d2a8a1f7005283b1016fc6a00?s=48&d=mm&r=pg","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25549ab490433e73543f7ffeb5fabe272804d80d2a8a1f7005283b1016fc6a00?s=96&d=mm&r=pg"},"meta":{"jetpack_donation_warning_dismissed":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}