Backing Up Andrea Bocelli
What a wonderful night singing in the backing choir for Andrea Bocelli at the Bridgestone Arena February 9, 2023. Bocelli, along with guest vocalists Nadine Sierra and (recent Nashville [...]
The Greatest Night in Pop: We are the World
I was in junior high when I first heard "We are the World." I was telling my classmates about it, saying it was a recording of bunch of [...]
Two Tales and the Truth: why I’m a union member in a right to work state
THE RUNDOWN As a young singer, fresh out of college with a music degree from one of the most prestigious music schools in the South, I sang [...]
Come Along with Me to Carol at the Opryland Hotel
Come along with me to sing with The American Caroling Company at Nashville's Opryland Hotel. Featuring Laurel Fisher, Melissa Selingo, Matthew Benenson-Cruz, and me as we sing "White Christmas" [...]
A Playlist for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. poster by Lorenzo Belmonte Here’s a great Spotify playlist to keep you inspired on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Featuring James Taylor, [...]
The End of the Chapter
The Table Troubadours Last Monday, November 2, marked the end of my seven and a half year tenure as the music leader for The Table. I loved [...]
Cultivating Courage and Wearing Pants — a lesson from my father
The holly and the ivy When they are both full grown Of all trees that are in the wood The holly bears the crown What? You don't [...]
The Long Time Now
#8 on CCM Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music" (2001) 1992's Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album I suppose I first heard of T [...]
Love and Joy
I want YOU to come see us Christmas carol! Happy Holidays, ya'll! Caroling season officially kicks off for me tonight as I sing with the American Caroling [...]
Hymn Duet – Leaning on You
I love this hymn from Phil Madeira and Cindy Mogan. It appears on Madeira's Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us. I love how it embraces our human [...]
Fast Away the Old Year Passes – Caroling 2018
Here we come a-caroling! It's that time of year again when I rock a Victorian vest and top hat as if it's [...]
Caroling Season 2017
Here we come a-caroling! I am an unapologetic Christmas music nerd and in 2017 I sang my fifth caroling season with The [...]
Jonathan K. Riggs with The American Caroling Company on the Pickler & Ben Show
The Pickler & Ben Show I got to sing with The American Caroling Company for a studio taping of the Pickler & Ben show. It airs Monday, November 20 [...]
Fascinate by Sally Hogshead
The most fascinating option wins. Everything else goes extinct. – from Fascinate: How to Make Your Brand Impossible to Resist by Sally Hogshead I [...]
So, Tell Me About Yourself
I was challenged recently by Bonnie Gillespie to make a video that answers the question "so, tell me about yourself." I mention my brother Jeff in this video. He's [...]
What I’m Listening To – Part 1
*This is part one of a series on what I'm listening to. You can read part two here. I’m an auditory learner, which means I retain information and am [...]
2016 Business Review
2016 was the fourth year in a row of financial growth for Riggs Creative Services! 2012 - 2016 RCS Gross Income I've just begun my year-end chores [...]
And so it begins: Caroling Season 2016
Tonight begins the 2016 caroling season with the American Caroling Company for me with a performance at the Foxland Harbor Golf and Country Club in Gallatin. I've sung [...]
Every Valley (It’s Hard to Wait) – Table Tuesday Music
A song for Advent, featuring my friend Darci Wantiez. It's gonna be OK, but it's hard to wait [tentblogger-vimeo 161230543] See more of The Table Troubadours on Vimeo! [...]
Eternal Life – Easter worship music from The Table
The following marks the 157th and final post in my "Sunday Setlist" series, outlining the music that I have used for Christian worship services. I continue to direct music at [...]
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down – a song for Good Friday
I heard the voice of Jesus Christ. Satan, your kingdom must come down! [tentblogger-vimeo 124069284]
This For Us – worship music from The Table
Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! – from Luke 19 This morning at The Table, Clint spoke on the differences between the crown [...]
Pour it Out – worship music from The Table
The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. – from John 12 This morning at The Table, we had a mostly a cappella service to mark this [...]
Ever Close – worship music from The Table
for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found! – from Luke 15 This morning at The Table, Michael taught that [...]
A Bulwark Never Failing – worship music from The Table
... [Moses] led his flock beyond the wilderness... – from Exodus 3 This morning at The Table, Sarah spoke on the applications we can take away from Moses' experience in [...]
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
My acting coach went gaga over this book over our Christmas break and strongly encouraged all of the students in her acting studio to read it. I was eager [...]
All Your Ways – worship music from The Table
... stand firm in the Lord in this way... – from Philippians 3 This morning at The Table, Clint taught on the revolutionary ways of Jesus. This was our [...]
Kathy Troccoli Among Friends Cruise – a recap
KT's "Stubborn Love" LP 1982 I've just returned from a glorious week at sea with Kathy Troccoli and her Among Friends cruise. My older brother had Kathy's first record and I remember [...]
Love Came Down – worship music from The Table
... the greatest of these is love. – from 1 Corinthians 13 This morning at The Table, Kristine taught that in Christ's love, we are caught up in God's love. This [...]
Karamazov Jones and #thiscrazylove2016
Stuart Stokes from the production company Karamazov Jones is participating in #ThisCrazyLove2016. This social media hashtag is a reaction against the negativity that at times seems to take over our [...]
Rehearsals Begin for Kathy Troccoli Cruise
L-R Haley Pearson, Bonnie Keen, Darci Wantiez, Kathy Troccoli, and Jonathan Riggs. Photo credit: Kathy Ferrara I have an exciting opportunity coming up in a few weeks. [...]
More Than Any Other – worship music from The Table
Photo credit: ShiftWorship.com But you have kept the good wine until now. – from John 2 This morning at The Table, Leigh reflected on the story of Jesus [...]
Hope for Every Nation – worship music from The Table
Photo Credit: ShiftWorship.com You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased. – from Luke 3 This morning at The Table, Sam reflected on [...]
Son of Adam, Son of Heaven – worship music from The Table
When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for [...]
Reconciled – worship music from The Table
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, [...]
Thy Gracious Kingdom Bring – worship music from The Table
he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has brought forth; then the rest of his kindred shall return to the people of Israel. – from Micah [...]
Lady Gaga Comes Back to Her True Self
I think she's onto something... Lady Gaga Speaks The Truth about Lies in the ShowbizSalute THIS REAL Lady Gaga .... Posted by SuriaMohd.com on Monday, December 7, 2015
We are Longing – worship music from The Table
[God] will exult over you with loud singing. – from Zephaniah 3 This morning at The Table, Clint spoke on the power of song – our songs as individuals, our [...]
Come Lord Jesus – worship music from The Table
Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction ... and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God. – from Baruch 5 This morning at The Table, [...]
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming – Table Tuesday music
It came a floweret bright amid the cold of winter Table Tuesday music featuring Don Fishel on flute and a meditation for Advent. Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming [...]
We Will Wait – worship music from The Table
Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down... – from Luke 21 On this first Sunday of Advent at The Table, Sam reminded us to pay attention [...]
Just as I am – Table Tuesday music
I love this arrangement of this old hymn I grew up singing. And what a special treat to sing it with my daughter. Just as I am tho' tossed about [...]
One King – worship music from The Table
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. – from Revelation 1 On this Christ [...]
Come Lift Up Your Sorrows – Table Tuesday music for the mourning
This is a repost of one of my favorite songs from Michael Card and one of the few modern worship songs to tackle heartbreak. Music from The Table. There in [...]
Come to Me – worship music from The Table
"... let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith..." – from Hebrews 10 This morning at The Table, Sarah taught on our heritage in Christ and [...]
Empty-handed But Alive – worship music from The Table
... he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself. – from Hebrews 9 This morning at The Table, [...]
All Saints Day 2015 – worship music from The Table
Photo by shiftworship.com Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. – from Revelation 21 This morning at The Table, Clint taught us that God's answer [...]
But Now I See – worship music from The Table
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eyes see you. – from Job 42 This morning at The Table, Clint taught us that blindness [...]
Great High Priest – worship music from The Table
"You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among [...]
Bear My Cross – worship music from The Table
If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. – from Mark 8 This morning at The Table, Leigh [...]
Back Into Order – worship music from The Table
But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at [...]
This Time – worship music from The Table
Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. – from Ephesians 5 This morning at [...]
Changing Me – worship music from The Table
... let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. – from Ephesians 4 This morning at The Table, Kristine reminded us [...]
When You Feel Afraid – worship music from The Table
... lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain [...]
Faithful – worship music from The Table
Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat? – Jesus, as recorded in John 6 This morning at The Table, Sarah taught us that Jesus doesn't get [...]
Love Came Down – Table Tuesday music
If my heart is overwhelmed and I cannot hear Your voice, I'll hold on to what is true 'though I cannot see. – from "Love Came Down" [vimeo 134109075] See [...]
‘Though We’re Strangers – worship music from The Table
So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him both of us have access in one Spirit [...]
Music at The Table: a place to have a place
I had the privilege of writing an article about music at The Table for St. George's quarterly magazine The Shield. See my article here or the whole issue here.
More than Anthems – worship music from The Table
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in [...]
Strength Will Rise – worship music from The Table
He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; but to wear sandals and not to put on [...]
