A Modern Legacy of America's Finest Archivists A treasure trove of old, obscure American music exists out read more...
I discovered Rebecca Woods Meredith when I received a copy of her read more...
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...
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 "Never be impatient with the ones who love you, It might be read more...
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood December Dates & Beyond
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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...
An Excerpt From Interview with Grayson Capps I just got off the phone with Alabama 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...
(W.W. Norton & Company) Every few decades a book like The Chitlin' Circut And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll comes read more...
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Cary Hudson's songs stand the test of time. The Mississippi singer/songwriter/guitarist cultivated a songwriting partnership read more...
(Anti-Epitaph) Mule Variations contends as one of
(University Press of Mississippi) When he was alive, Mississippi painter Walter Anderson lived as a recluse in his Ocean read more...
(219 Records) This 2004 documentary was filmed at Sherman Cooper's farm in Como, Mississippi. Jessie Mae Hemphill died on read more...
(219 Records) Blues Babe represents
(Memphis International) Sometimes it is hard to keep pace with Jimbo Mathus's creative path, but he's always made it worth read more...
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 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...
Essence of Light The Adam Smith Interview By James Calemine Born in Macon, Georgia, in 1975, Adam Smith's photography transcends his age. Smith attended college in Mississippi when he began to frequent the juke joint of bluesman Junior Kimbrough. After Kimbrough read more...
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, 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...
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...
Truth and Salvage Company: From the Hills of Carolina To The Hills of California By James Calemine The rare collection of songwriters in Truth And Salvage Company originate from Atlanta, New Orleans, Tupelo and Ohio, met in Asheville, North Carolina, and moved to California to furthur an indelible musical journey. The band’s debut, self-titled read more...
Randy and I arrived in NOLA on April 9 by way of Hattiesburg, MS. We elected to spend the first night of the trip in Mississippi because we had heard of a superb restaurant in downtown Hattiesburg called 206 Front Street. We were not read more...
Soulful Sounds From A Delta Lady The Shannon McNally Interview by James Calemine Born in New York,
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.