>>LoreDispatches
New Allman Brothers Documentary Premiere May 16
(May 7th, 5:02 pm)
New Allman Brothers Documentary Premieres May 16 5/7/08
Mavis Staples To Headline Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival
(May 5th, 3:57 pm)
Mavis Staples To Headline Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival 5/5/08
Mystery And Manners Honorary Southern Artist(s) Part Six: Clarence White
(May 2nd, 4:44 pm)
Mystery And Manners Honorary Southern Artist(s)—PART SIX Clarence White By James Calemine
Mudcrutch & Gram Parsons' Florida Roots
(Apr 27th, 1:24 pm)
Mudcrutch & Gram Parsons’ Florida Roots 4/27/08
April in Alabama
(Apr 23rd, 12:36 pm)
Nothing could be more beautiful than April in Alabama and, in my case, nothing could be more exciting. I recently returned from the read more...
Picture of the Day
>>Lore reviews
Review of: Ronnie Hawkins
Mojo Man/Arkansas Rockpile
Mojo Man/Arkansas Rockpile Ronnie Hawkins Collector’s Choice Music By James Calemine
Review of: Mel Tillis
Me and Pepper
Me and Pepper Mel Tillis Collectors' Choice By James Calemine Born in Tampa, Florida, during the Great read more...
>>Lore Features
Jim Dickinson's All-Star Music & Film
In Jim Dickinson’s first contribution to Swampland/Mystery And Manners, he wrote an indelible piece on Memphis barbecue. For his second installment Dickinson cites his favorite pianists, films and a desert island music stash. The High Priest of Memphis Mojo offers a timeless blueprint for anyone seeking musical pots of gold. James Calemine
New York City Southern Style: Alabama Studio Weekend in the Shoals
by Penne J. Laubenthal Imagine starting off your Saturday morning with the perfect Bloody Mary, garnished in typical southern fashion with pickled okra, and served to you by one of the country’s foremost clothing designers, Billy Reid, in his boutique housed in the historic and elegantly appointed Pickett Place read more...
>>Lore Conversations
Dixie Fried with The High Priest of Memphis Mojo Jim Dickinson
JIM DICKINSON INTERVIEW DIXIE FRIED WITH THE HIGH PRIEST OF MEMPHIS MOJO By James Calemine "Some people say worried blues ain't tough, If they don't kill you they handle you mighty rough." --Furry read more...
Down In The Groove With Widespread Panic's Todd Nance
DOWN IN THE GROOVE WITH WIDESPREAD PANIC’S TODD NANCE “Either brace yourself for elimination/Or your heartmust have the courage for the changing of the guard.” --Bob Dylan From the drummer’s seat you read more...
>>Lore Poetry
Hunting the Cotaco Creek
by Charles Ghigna His hand in hold so trigger tight even its blood believes in ghosts. It clings with set finger on steel and waits inside a dream of ducks. The twilight gives into a rise of eastern sky as sun reveals herself too proud and instantly receives full face a splash of mallard flock. A shotgun blasts the read more...
The Alabama Wiregrassers
by Charles Ghigna Dry rooted in penny coated clay, the wiregrassers come suntan tamed in drawl through the mire faster. Machetes high aimed for home, they carry the clues of day across their open, flying clothes. Blade for blade, steel for grass, they flog the wire with a hungry denim run.