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...Anticipation for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight...
...Anticipation for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight... I just re-watched Quentin Tarantino's read more...
Ace Atkins' Latest Book The Redeemers
The Redeemers By Ace Atkins I just finished The Redeemers, a fine book by Mississippi writer Ace read more...
The Magic of the Shoals: The Lindsey Film Fest Screening of "Muscle Shoals"
Not since the sold out
"A Heaping Helping: Songs for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of AL" by Scott Ward
This week I had the pleasure of chatting via Facebook with Alabama musician Scott Ward, producer and director at Lucky Dog Records. read more...
Swinging With The Duke at the 2012 W. C. Handy Festival
The Righteous Brothers may sing about a "rock and roll heaven," but when I die I want to go to jazz heaven. And if there read more...
Mayberry is Alive and Well in Rogersville, Alabama
Henry David Thoreau went to the woods because he wanted to "live deliberately." I go to
View the BBC's Southern Rock Documentary on Swampland
Swampland has added the BBC's new Southern Rock Documentary to it front page. Go here to view it -
Jimmy Herring & Warren Haynes Join Phil Lesh at Terrapin Crossroads
The Quintet Regroups In April Phil Lesh's band--The Quintet--will play together for the first time in over a read more...
RIP Earl Scruggs & Jerry "Boogie" McCain & Harry Crews
RIP Earl Scruggs, Harry Crews & Jerry "Boogie" McCain Legendary banjo picker Earl Scruggs died read more...
2012 Hannah's Buddies Charity Ball
2012 Hannah's Buddies Charity Ball On March 30 and 31st,
Music Reviews
I'll Play The Blues For You
(Stax Remasters) Albert King never tolerated nonsense. His guitar-playing captured the essence of his personality. He read more...
Blunderbuss
(Third Man Records) Jack read more...
King of the Road
(Houghton Mifflin Company)
Locked Down
(Nonesuch) The Black Keys' guitarist Dan Auerbach produced
Back To The Woods
(Evergreen Arts) Chuck read more...
Release Me
(Curb/Lost Highway) Release Me, Lyle Lovett's not so subtle message to his record label, counts as his last release read more...
The Grifter's Hymnal
(Bordello Records) The Grifter's Hymnal serves as the follow-up album to Ray Wylie Hubbard's 2010 release
Poor Moon
(Tompkins Square) Hiss Golden Messenger is a Durham, North Carolina, songwriting duo featuring M.C. Taylor and Scott read more...
Boys & Girls
(ATO) Boys & Girls counts as the Alabama Shakes debut album. Formed during 2009 in Athens, Alabama, the read more...
Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me
(Bloodshot Records) Recorded live at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, North Carolina, Justin Townes Earle's read more...
Music ArticlesGet In Union: Bessie Jones with the Sea Island Singers: 1959-1966
Get In Union: Bessie Jones with the Sea Island Singers and Others: Alan Lomax Recordings 1959-1966 Tompkins Square By James Calemine Alan Lomax once declared the Golden Isles of Georgia home of the American song. Get In Union: Bessie Jones with the Sea Island Singers and Others, a 2 CD set, features 26 previously unreleased tracks. read more...
Deep Water And Blue Souls: Roger Pinckney's Blow The Man Down
Deep Water And Blue Souls Roger Pinckney's Blow The Man Down By James Calemine "Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
Rich Robinson's Ceaseless Sight
Rich Robinson's Ceaseless Sight The End Records By James Calemine "We'll ride ahead
Cheyenne Mize: Shades of Blue & Grey
Cheyenne Mize: Shades of Blue & Grey By James Calemine "If I could think of a way to do it right now, I'd head back to Louisville, sit on the porch drinking beer, drive around Cherokee Park for a few nights, and try to sink back far as I could into the world that did its best to make me. It's not hard to get tired of the read more...
The Bloom of Underhill Rose
By James Calemine "I've been told I've got a restless soul How much dirt do I need to dig through Before I hit the gold I tried to be good I try to do what I should I try to walk that line But that's not really my read more...
Bloodkin's One Long Hustle
By James Calemine CLICK ON LINKS WITH TO JUMP
The James Ponsoldt Interview: From North Georgia Red Clay To the Hills of Hollywood
The James Ponsoldt Interview: From North Georgia Red Clay To the Hills of Hollywood By James Calemine Film maker James Ponsoldt was born in Athens, Georgia, in 1978. His father worked as a college professor and his mother was a writer. His read more...
Stranger In Paradise: The Works of Howard Finster
Stranger In Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster By James Calemine "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and read more...
New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music
New Horizons By James Calemine "I'm gonna sail like A ship on the ocean..." --The Georgia Sea island Singers Coastal Georgia exists as a treasure trove of America's earliest history. The Florida writer
The Shoals Area Heats Up for the 31st Annual W. C. Handy Music Festival
It's almost that time again when the hills of North Alabama are alive with the sound of music. The 31st annual W. C. Handy Music Festival, which runs July 20 through July 29, 2012, is a ten day annual celebration of over 300 events at locations throughout read more...
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