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A Modern Legacy of America's Finest Archivists
(Feb 7th, 16:08)
A Modern Legacy of America's Finest Archivists A treasure trove of old, obscure American music exists out read more...
Rebecca Meredith, Author of The Last of the Pascagoula, Has Alabama Roots
(Jan 21st, 12:03)
I discovered Rebecca Woods Meredith when I received a copy of her read more...
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...
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...
Happy Holidays From Swampland 2011
(Dec 22nd 2011, 15:26)
Happy Holidays From Swampland "Never be impatient with the ones who love you, It might be read more...
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>>Mississippi reviews
Review of: Various Artists
This May Be My Last Time Singing
(Tompkins Square) Tompkins Square's latest release is an amazing 3-CD set titled This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw read more...
Review of: Preston Lauterbach
The Chitlin' Circut And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll
(W.W. Norton & Company) Every few decades a book like The Chitlin' Circut And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll comes read more...
>>Mississippi Features
Notes On State Of Poetry: Part Four
NOTES ON THE STATE OF POETRY: Part Four by Diann Blakely "Boom" by Lisa Eveleigh, Biloxi, MS Detour: After weeks--no, months- of sitting shiva in front of CNN as BP threatens to wreak greater ruinage on the South, especially read more...
The GRITZ Stone Ground & Southern Compilation Home Page
Welcome to the official information page for the GRITZ Stone Ground and Southern Music Compilation Series. We hope you will enjoy these free downloads, visit the band websites and order their albums. Please be sure to give us your feedback. We want to know what you think, as always. GRITZ has been the read more...
>>Mississippi Conversations
The Grayson Capps Interview: The Zen of Grayson Capps
The Zen of Grayson Capps By James Calemine From wonder into wonder existence opens. Lao Tzu Grayson Capps was driving somewhere on Alabama's Gulf Coast when I called him last Thursday. The following day, he began to tour in support of his new studio album
The Preston Lauterbach Interview: Cultural Innards of the Chitlin' Circut
The Preston Lauterbach Interview: Cultural Innards of the Chitlin' Circut By James Calemine Preston Lauterbach's first book--The Chitlin' Circut And The Road to Rock 'N' Roll-- traverses new ground in the history of American music literature. read more...