A conversation with Malcolm Holcombe is a fascinating festival of crypticisms, old sayings, and anecdotes punctuated with pronouncements.  You can expect the same thing from his music, surrounded by quick, flowing finger picking and gritty, southern melodies.  Not quite country, somewhere beyond folk, Holcombe's music is a kind of blues in motion, mapping the backwoods of the heart.  Listeners, fans, and reviewers have come to love this original, nearly unclassifiable voice, with Holcombe's most recent effort, "Gamblin' House" sitting in the top 20 of the AMA chart for nine straight weeks.