Atz Kilcher

Atz Kilcher I am a husband, father, friend, songwriter, artist, homesteader, range-rider and entertainer. Alaska is my home and playground!

10/05/2026

Last night I had the most amazing and real dream of Johnny Cash and his wife and they were arguing about both wanting me to sing with them. One of those dreams you wake up and you kind of feel different. Amazing

This is however not a dream - tomorrow on national radio on Chet 101.7 fm hosted by with my fellow veteran musicians (including Johnny Cash)

Check it out tomorrow !!

It is hard to bring the fullness of how I feel into words yet. A few  nights ago my daughter did this amazing thing and ...
09/05/2026

It is hard to bring the fullness of how I feel into words yet. A few nights ago my daughter did this amazing thing and launched her art - surrounded by family in this city without cars and so far away from our routes in Alaska yet somehow all connected.

Not only that I was here with my son Shane for his birthday.

This will be a trip that I know I will reflect on for many years to come. For now just soaking in the moments. So here I share some candid traditional holiday snaps that I hope give you a taste.

This has come straight off the back of my lung surgery and recovery journey.

What a journey. What a life. All the ups and downs and roundabouts.

More family snaps to share - family reunions in Switzerland yodeling and song - stay tuned !!

❤️

27/04/2026

There are moments that come quiet… and if you’re paying attention, they tell you everything you need to know.

was singing the other day—sharing a song she had just written about making the most of the days we’re given. No big stage, no audience. Just brother and sister, a guitar, and that old truth we keep having to relearn:
�life is short… and relationships are what matters.

That song stayed with me as I packed my bags.

I am heading back to the country where I was born—Switzerland—with my eldest son . Going back to old ground, old family… tending roots.

From there, we’ll carry on—meeting Mossy and —and make our way to Venice.

Our girl is stepping across a mighty threshold… sharing her heart and her art with the world at the Biennale.

A father doesn’t have many words for this kind of moment… just gratitude, really. Deep gratitude.

The same lesson keeps showing up.

We’re all just walking each other home.
Family… old friends… new friends… the ones we’ve lost and the ones we’re still learning how to love better. This is the work. This is what matters.

If there’s anything I’ve learned—through the land, through the years, through the folks we’ve walked beside—it’s this:�connection is what heals us… and it’s what carries us forward.

So take the time. Make the call. Sit a little longer. Sing the song.

You don’t get those moments back.

—Atz

07/04/2026

Aboard the Alaskan Gypsy I am excited to announce a revival of my Youtube! Link in comments, I invite you to join me on this journey!

So excited to announce….  Radio Showcase, the first ever weekly radio program featuring all original music by active dut...
04/04/2026

So excited to announce….

Radio Showcase, the first ever weekly radio program featuring all original music by active duty, veteran and military spouse singer/songwriters will launch on 101.7 CHET FM on Sunday, April 12 at 3:00 PM AKST.  

It will mostly feature post 9/11 artists who are yet unsigned by a major label (such as Alaska veteran Schaefer Mueller) but sprinkle in some modern stars like Craig Morgan and Jamey Johnson, with some old school vets like Atz Kilcher, Johnny Cash, George Jones and George Strait, and also some OGs like Gene Autry and Bob Wills.

26/03/2026

Best yet!!!

The winter I both accepted my limitations and learnt the truth about persistence and little by little 🔥

We are on the journey together.

07/03/2026

Food for the soul

Mountains skiing and playing

I am blessed to remember what works

And it has come from simply getting up and doing it every day until the joy like the sunshine comes back in and my soul can remember to sing again.

Helping my son Nikos entertain my little grandson Deva. Too cute, he actually cried when I left so we bundled him up and let him come out to the car to wave goodbye. And then I went for ski number 22 up at the Mcneil Canyon ski loop which is right by Mcneil Canyon school where I taught, and retired from. What a day!

heals

04/03/2026

This is me telling my son I am not going to do the race. I am sure I could have done it. But driving all the way to Anchorage and back and all the preparation for actually doing the race was just more than I was wanting to do.

But I’m going to keep the count rolling and ski every day as long as there is snow. No better way to get a full body exercise, and really work your lungs then skate skiing!

Oh yeah and then we chopped wood!

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Banjarmasin

Website

http://www.weareopencircle.org/

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