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Alabama Born, Auburn Educated Octavia Spencer Wins Golden Globe
(Jan 16th, 13:50)
The 2011 fall issue of the Auburn University alumni magazine featured a stunning photo of Octavia Spencer on the cover, not as Minny, read more...
Shakin' in Alabama with the Alabama Shakes--Souful Music Near the Shoals
(Dec 8th 2011, 11:04)
The small town of Athens, Alabama (not Athens, Georgia) has madenational music news thanks to the hot new group
The Nerve Balm of Athens, Georgia's Terrapin Brewery
(Nov 4th 2011, 14:04)
Terrapin Brewery On The Rise The Athens, Georgia, brewery
Widespread Panic's John Bell Sings National Anthem Before Packers Vs. Vikings Game Today
(Oct 23rd 2011, 19:04)
John Bell Sings National Anthem Before Packers-Vikings Game
Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington Renews Wedding Vows
(Oct 23rd 2011, 13:31)
Gary Rossington Renews Wedding Vows
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>>Merchantry reviews
Review of: Palmer's Village Cafe
Palmer's Village Cafe
Palmer's Village Cafe 223 Mallery Street Saint Simons Island, GA 31522 912-634-5515 James read more...
Review of: Redding S. Sugg, Jr.
A Painter's Psalm
(University Press of Mississippi) When he was alive, Mississippi painter Walter Anderson lived as a recluse in his Ocean read more...
Review of: Dexter Weaver
Automatic Y'all: Weaver D's Guide to the Soul
(Hill Street Press) Published in 1999 by the University of Georgia’s Hill Street Press, Dexter Weaver’s book read more...
>>Merchantry Features
Going Up The Country: The Sixth Annual Sautee Jamboree
Going Up the Country: It’s Music for the Little Masses as the Sixth Annual Sautee Jamboree Rocks the Hhillsides By Jerry Grillo “I’m gonna leave this city, got to get away; All this fussing and fighting, man, you know I sure can’t stay.” -- Canned Heat
Making Merry in the Marigny: FMIA Tour of Homes, New Orleans
Visitors to New Orleans who think the city is defined by the French Quarter and the Garden District are in for a delightful surprise when they wander past Esplanade and across Elysian Fields into the fabulous Faubourg Marigny. Popularly known as the location read more...
>>Merchantry Conversations
On The Record with The Georgia Theatre's Wilmot Greene
Wilmot Greene Interview2009 Around 7 am on June 19, 2009, the venerable Athens, Georgia, music hall—The Georgia Theatre—burned down. Theatre owner,Wilmot Greene finds himself in the difficult position of building back the classic music hall. The wrecked lot carries a lot of history. In 1889, the YMCA constructed a building on the property. In the 1920, read more...
Alabamian Lilly Ledbetter and the Fair Pay Restoration Act
by Penne J. Laubenthal Six months ago today President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. The signing of this bill was the culmination of a decade long campaignby