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View the BBC's Southern Rock Documentary on Swampland
(Apr 18th, 09:17)
Swampland has added the BBC's new Southern Rock Documentary to it front page. Go here to view it -
Swampland Guest Patsy Glenn Writes about Brandon Sparkman and "Called to Jackson"
(Feb 24th, 13:09)
My long-time friend Patsy Glenn is a freelance writer residing in Florence, Alabama. Glenn joins Swampland to talk about a read more...
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires Release New Song, Album Coming Soon
(Jan 25th, 14:03)
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires have been bubbling under the Birmingham scene since Bains cut his teeth playing with
A Conversation with Jerry Masters: "Hanging From A Tree By My Knees"
(Jan 11th, 09:47)
Jerry Masters, musician and sound engineer for nearly every hit record cut in the Shoals from the late 60s through the early 70s, and read more...
Duane Allman: 40 Years Later
(Oct 29th 2011, 17:40)
Duane Allman: 40 Years Later 40 years ago today Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of 24 in Macon, read more...
>>Muscle Shoals reviews
Review of: Alabama Shakes
Boys & Girls
(ATO) Boys & Girls counts as the Alabama Shakes debut album. Formed during 2009 in Athens, Alabama, the read more...
Review of: Lauderdale
Moving On
(This Is American Music) Lauderdale hails from Muscle Shoals, read more...
>>Muscle Shoals Features
Swampland's Top 25 Albums of 2011
As March fades and the first quarter of 2012 comes to a close, Swampland has used this moment to look back on 2011 putting together our list of last year's best music releases from the South. Although we've named 25 records on our Top 25 Albums of 2011, each one serves as sort of a best in category as well. There were so many strong releases that we will attempt to spread read more...
"What Does the Lord Require of You But to do Justice...?"
By Patsy Glenn, Guest Writer Dr. Brandon Sparkman is not a tall man, but he has accomplished tall things. Born in read more...
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Essence of Light: The Adam Smith Interview
Essence of Light The Adam Smith Interview By James Calemine Born in Macon, Georgia, in 1975, Adam Smith's photography transcends his age. Smith attended college in Mississippi when he began to frequent the juke joint of bluesman Junior Kimbrough. After Kimbrough read more...
Sage & Spirit From Widespread Panic’s John Bell…25 Years of Music & Musings...
Sage & Spirit From Widespread Panic’s John Bell…25 Years of Music & Musings (PART ONE) By James Calemine “We left superstition on the roadside a few cities ago…” “Pilgrims” Widespread Panic