...Anticipation for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight... I just re-watched Quentin Tarantino's 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...
"Will all your money buy you forgiveness? Will it keep you from sickness?
A Modern Legacy of America's Finest Archivists A treasure trove of old, obscure American music exists out read more...
Happy Holidays From Swampland "Never be impatient with the ones who love you, It might be read more...
Funkadelic & Beyond At Black Gold Records A Brooklyn record store called Black Gold Records contains a read more...
Jonathan Wilson's Laurel Canyon Playlist Here's a
Swampland Salutes John Coltrane Today is the birthday of jazz legend
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...
(Tompkins Square) Hiss Golden Messenger is a Durham, North Carolina, songwriting duo featuring M.C. Taylor and Scott read more...
(Nonesuch Records) Leaving Eden follows the Carolina Chocolate Drops Grammy-winning 2010 release
(Rounder) Nobody Knows You counts as the Steep County Rangers' fifth studio album. The group earned a Grammy read more...
(The Royal Potato Family) Sweeten The Distance counts as Neal Casal's 10th studio album. Currently, Casal read more...
(Westbound Records) Funkadelic's fourth album, read more...
(Mandolin Orange Music) Haste Make/Hard Hearted Stranger counts as the second album from Mandolin Orange. Andrew read more...
(Anti) Joe Henry's interesting musical journey coalesces on his latest album Reverie. These 14 original songs read more...
(Columbia) Originally released in 1968,
(Speranza Recordings) Greensboro, North Carolina, native Bruce Piephoff has been writing, recording and performing songs for read more...
(Merge Records) Eric Bachmann writes, records and performs under the name Crooked Fingers. A North Carolina native, Bachmann read more...
By James Calemine "I've been told I've got a restless soul How much dirt do I need to dig through Before I hit the gold I tried to be good I try to do what I should I try to walk that line But that's not really my read more...
If you love to cook or just love to collect cookbooks, start making space on your bookshelf now because there's a new cookbook in town. This delightful compendium of all things culinary, Gimme Some Sugar, Darlin' by Mississippian Laurance Daltroff Triplette, is true piece of southern Americana, as much about the culture of the south as it is about the cuisine. A read more...
The 2012 Neal Casal Interview: Sweeten The Distance By James Calemine Neal Casal stands as a musical journeyman. He just released his 10th solo album titled Sweeten The Distance on April 10. The collection captures Casal's resonating songwriting and read more...
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...
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...
Michael Houser: The Quiet Genius: Eight Years Gone By James Calemine Eight years ago Widespread Panic’s founding guitarist died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 40. It doesn’t seem like eight years since he’s been gone… Houser proved the quietest member of the group, but his songwriting and guitar playing served as the 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...
By Michael Buffalo Smith Editors Note: Be sure to download our FREE GRITZ Sampler CD for June that includes a track from Barry Lee Harwood as well as a track from Mainstream South! Download Here. BUFFALO: It’s read more...
by Dewayne Fields The Promise To Thomas benefit show took place on May 9th in Castle Hayne, N.C. The event benefited Thomas King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ryan King. Ryan is frontman and singer of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Band Tuesday's Gone, Ryan’s youngest son was born with a rare birth defect called Hirschsprungs Disease. Though read more...
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.