...Anticipation for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight... I just re-watched Quentin Tarantino's read more...
James Franco’s Adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God This morning I watched James read more...
The Redeemers By Ace Atkins I just finished The Redeemers, a fine book by Mississippi writer Ace read more...
Swampland has added the BBC's new Southern Rock Documentary to it front page. Go here to view it -
The Quintet Regroups In April Phil Lesh's band--The Quintet--will play together for the first time in over a read more...
The kind folks at This Is American Music have allowed Swampland read more...
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires have been bubbling under the Birmingham scene since Bains cut his teeth playing with
Swampland reviewed Elmore Leonard's fine short story collection
Jazz Musician Sam Rivers Passes Away At 88 Oklahoma-born jazz musician Sam Rivers passed away on December read more...
The 2012 Drive By Truckers Homecoming Shows On January 12, 13 and 14, the
(Evergreen Arts) Chuck read more...
(ATO) Boys & Girls counts as the Alabama Shakes debut album. Formed during 2009 in Athens, Alabama, the read more...
(Drivin N Cryin) Recorded in Brooklyn, A Good Country Mile counts as the first album Kevn Kinney has recorded read more...
(ATO Records) Lucero sends a musical love letter to Memphis on their latest release Women & Work. This read more...
(Polydor) Released in 1974, Highway Call counted as the first solo album by
(Hi Records) Released in 1971, Straight From The Heart counted as Ann Peebles' third album. Produced by Hi Records read more...
(Bloodshot Records) Not So Loud, the Bottle Rockets new acoustic live album, begins with the song "Early In The read more...
(Messenger Records) Chris read more...
(Island) Produced by Daniel Lanois,
(Vanguard) Old Mad Joy counts as the 10th studio album by the Austin, Texas, band The Gourds. Recorded at
Rich Robinson's Ceaseless Sight The End Records By James Calemine "We'll ride ahead
By James Calemine CLICK ON LINKS WITH TO JUMP
As March fades and the first quarter of 2012 comes to a close, Swampland has used this moment to look back on 2011 putting together our list of last year's best music releases from the South. Although we've named 25 records on our Top 25 Albums of 2011, each one serves as sort of a best in category as well. There were so many strong releases that we will attempt to read more...
Through A Crooked Sun The Rich Robinson Interview By James Calemine "The prodigy of my youth is now broken
Michelle Malone Works It Out By Jerry Grillo Watch Michelle Malone on stage, feel the rhythmic wave wash over the crowd, the tangible electric surge of rock and badass blues and sensual, sweaty soul, and it’s difficult to imagine the shy, guarded woman she used to be.
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.”
Jimmy Hall Still Smiling, With Plenty of Horsepower By Jerry Grillo Jimmy Hall might write a book some day, and the whole thing will be about that one song, the one that got the most air play back when
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...
By J.C. Juanis Bill Kirchen, known as the “King of the Dieselbilly” when it comes to playing his trademark Fender Telecaster guitar, certainly has amassed a formidable cannon of work since his days playing guitar as a founding member of read more...
by Michael Buffalo Smith Molly Hatchet is a band that has kept it rocking read more...