A Modern Legacy of America's Finest Archivists A treasure trove of old, obscure American music exists out read more...
Swampland reviewed Elmore Leonard's fine short story collection
Rich Robinson & Amy LaVere Hit The Road Together In March In March,
Happy Holidays From Swampland "Never be impatient with the ones who love you, It might be read more...
A Birthday Tribute To Sam Shepard Today is the 68th birthday of Sam Shepard. A
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 Rum Diary In Theaters Oct 28 Bruce Robinson directed a film based on
The Chitlin' Circut: And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll Memphis writer Preston Lauterbach's first book--The Chitlin Circut: read more...
A Southern Literary Note on Hemingway's Birthday Today is the birthday of Ernest Hemingway. A southern read more...
Final Crowe Anniversary Shows This Month The Black Crowes play the final gigs of their 20th Anniversary Tour read more...
(Tompkins Square) Tompkins Square's latest release is an amazing 3-CD set titled This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw read more...
(Tompkins Square) James Elkington, a London native, and Nathan Salsburg from Louisville, Kentucky, met in New York read more...
(W.W. Norton & Company) Every few decades a book like The Chitlin' Circut And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll comes read more...
(ATO Records) Today, more than ten years in on an acclaimed career, it should be remembered that My Morning Jacket hit the read more...
(Dualtone Records) The release of The Dreaming Fields is certainly cause for celebration. Not of the read more...
(Effen Ell Records) Of late, the music business has been overrun by reunions. Sadly, most of these are done to take read more...
(Carrot Top Records) Antietam debuted in the Louisville indie scene back during the 80s. Although Louisville has since read more...
(Roadrunner Records) Take some Skynyrd attitude and mix in some Seattle grunge with a dash of Nickelback's hooks, and you read more...
(Tin Ear) Ben Sollee is a classically-trained cellist who was raised in Kentucky on a healthy dose of bluegrass, jazz, and read more...
(No Quarter) Ned Oldham's musical journey has been both at one and in parallel with his more famous brother Will who is best read more...
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...
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...
In April of this year I had the opportunity to spend four glorious days in that queen of cities, New Orleans. One of the highlights of the trip, as recorded in my New Orleans Journal Episode One and
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.
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...
SEC 01/01 –.Auburn vs. Northwestern - Outback Bowl (11 am EST – ESPN) 01/01 – LSU vs. Penn State - Independence Bowl (1 pm EST – ABC) 01/01 – Florida vs. Cincinnati – Sugar Bowl (8:30pm EST – read more...
SEC 12/27 – Kentucky vs. Clemson - Music City Bowl (8:30pm EST – ESPN) 12/28 – Georgia vs. Texas A&M read more...
As we head into October, we've learned quite a few things about this current college football season. SEC - This conference remains on top, not only for our Footprint, but also nationally. There are still 3 SEC teams in the top 5, and there are two teams (Florida and Alabama) that seem to be headed towards another collision in Atlanta for the right to read more...
It's going to be a briefer than normal weekly fever. We will take a look at some key games coming up and how they affect our teams and conferences as a whole, but first let's start with a subject that really has us a bit miffed.
Three Poems from The Seasons Bear Us by Jeanie Thompson --published by River City Publishing Company On a Bank of the Tennessee Late August While the sun stained the still river blood-red as a tapped vein, I dragged the canoe onto shore, and with read more...