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A Modern Legacy of America's Finest Archivists
A Modern Legacy of America's Finest Archivists A treasure trove of old, obscure American music exists out read more...
Upcoming Billy Bob Thornton Films: Baytown Disco & Jayne Mansfield's Car
Upcoming Billy Bob Thornton Films
Happy Holidays From Swampland 2011
Happy Holidays From Swampland "Never be impatient with the ones who love you, It might be read more...
Jagger/Richards Pay Tribute To Howlin Wolf Guitarist Hubert Sumlin
Jagger/Richards Pay Tribute To Hubert Sumlin
Levon Helm's Upcoming Midnight Rambles...
Levon Helm's Upcoming Rambles Levon Helm read more...
This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel On 45RPM 1957-1982
This May Be My Last Time Singing Tompkins Square's latest release is an amazing 3-CD set titled This May Be My Last Time read more...
The Search for Blind Lemon: Words, Music, Photos & Films from Jim Dickinson's Memoirs
Jim Dickinson's Search for Blind Lemon On September 17,
Upcoming Interview: Preston Lauterbach's Chitlin' Circuit: And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll
The Chitlin' Circut: And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll Memphis writer Preston Lauterbach's first book--The Chitlin Circut: read more...
Swampland's Daily Duo of Reviews For 7/26/11: Levon Helm and Through The Sparks
For Tuesday, we have the legendary Levon Helm bringing his Midnight Ramble to the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Also, we read more...
Swampland's Daily Duo of Reviews For 7/21/11: Old 97s and David Adam Byrnes
For Thursday's duo of reviews, we're bringing some honky tonk. Old 97s and David Adam Byrnes hail from neighboring states, read more...
Arkansas Reviews
True Soul: Deep Sounds From The Left of Stax
(Now-Again Records) The Arkansas label Now-Again Records release True Soul: Deeps Sounds From The Left of
Ghost On The Canvas
(Surfdog Records) Glen Campbell was diagnosed with Alzheimer's during the recording sessions for his latest album Ghost read more...
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...
Woman To Woman
(Concord Music Group) Born during 1947, in West Memphis, Arkansas, Shirley Brown's first single--"Woman To read more...
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...
Ramble at the Ryman
(Vanguard) This recording captures Levon Helm's band live at the Ryman Auditorium on September 17, 2008. The group that night read more...
Premium Country
(Better Angels) It used to be that country radio didn't split between its roots and its desire to keep soccer moms happy. read more...
How To Become Clairvoyant
As Robbie Robertson hits his late 60s, it is easier now to see his career in stages. The most famous era was his time in
Road Stories And Recipes
(Schirmer Books) Don Nix's Road read more...
Keys To the Kingdom
(Songs of the South Records) “Take reassurance in the glory of the moment and the forever promise of tomorrow. Surely read more...
Arkansas ArticlesThe 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...
Rock and Roll Mommy
Rock and Roll Mommy by Shannon McNally I didn’t recognize the first signs of being pregnant. I mistook them for extreme road weariness. I was in the studio in Lafayette making a record with Mac Rebennack, (also known as Dr. John) and Bobby Charles. It was a record that I had looked 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...
The Scissormen Storm Atlanta
The Scissormen Storm Atlanta by Diann Blakely When Dylan accepted his three Grammys for Time Out of Mind, he thanked the late Jim Dickinson, whom he called “my brother.” The legendary producer and musician, probably still most famous for having played piano on read more...
Notes On the State of Poetry, Part Three
NOTES ON THE STATE OF POETRY, Part Three by Diann Blakely Detour: I’m delighted to begin this segment of the series by backing up to Virginia, from whence I mentioned Eleanor Ross Taylor. (The to-the-bone incisive introduction for Taylor's Captive Voices: New and Selected Poems comes courtesy of the inestimable native Virginian Ellen Bryant read more...
Expanding The NCAA Tournament Would Further Erode An Already Suffering Sport
It’s Championship week in college basketball, and it’s a thrilling time to watch teams from smaller conferences earn their way into the Big Dance. While few believe that the regular season is what it used to be (especially when compared to college football), the hoops postseason is one of the top sporting events of the year.
Luther Dickinson Interview: It's A Family Affair
Luther Dickinson Interview It's A Family Affair by James Calemine The Dickinson Family ranks as one of the most influential American music families in decades. Father
The Mary Lindsay Dickinson Interview
The Mary Lindsay Dickinson Interview "Bless your soul Bless your soul When your time has come Youre just dead, not gone..." --Luther Dickinson "Let It Roll' The spirit of
Six Degrees of Swampland: The Dickinson Family
Jim Dickinson--The High Priest of Memphis Mojo--shines like a beacon of light in the music world. Dickinson’s indelible contribution and influence on music will endure because he served as a vital link between the famous read more...
Lance Ledbetter Interview: The Divine Grace of Dust To Digital
Lance Ledbetter Interview Dust To Digital’s Divine Grace By James Calemine The story of Dust To Digital is a divine one. In the late 1990s, Lance Ledbetter set out to discover rare recordings of gospel music. His journey led read more...
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