North Carolina Posts
Shannon McNally's Debut Swampland Article: Rock & Roll Mommy
Rock And Roll Mommy By Shannon McNally I am proud to present Shannon McNally's debut Swampland contribution read more...
Download the New Gritz Compilation CD Free
The new GRITZ STONE GROUND & SOUTHERN COMPILATION VOLUME read more...
2010 ACC Football Preview
A new era begins in Tallahassee as Jimbo Fisher takes over for Florida State legend Bobby Bowden.
Widespread Panic's Michael Houser: Eight Years Gone
Michael Houser: The Quiet Genius: Eight Years Gone By James Calemine Eight years ago Widespread Panic’s founding read more...
Buffalo and Former Marshall Tucker Members Join Silver Travis CD Party Tonight
Tonight is the big CD Release party for
Upcoming Benefits and Shows
A very special benefit concert is being held for guitarist Rick Kurtz (Delbert McClinton, many read more...
Video of the Day: The Charlie Daniels Band, 1975
Past Interviews & Upcoming Artists of Note
Greetings Folks, I hope all is well, and everyone enjoyed Father’s Day… Change is afoot, and we’ve read more...
Barry Lee Harwood EIght Years Later: The GRITZ Interview
Carolina and Tampa Bay Look to Recapture Past Success
With the conclusion of our look at the NFL teams in our Swampland Footprint, we’ll tackle two teams trying to work their way read more...
North Carolina Reviews
The Definitive John Coltrane
(Concord Music) The Definitive John Coltrane on Prestige and Riverside Collection encapsulates Coltrane’s most read more...
Water Bound
(Thirty Tigers) Water Bound counts as Shannon Whitworth's second release. Whitworth served as a member of The Biscut read more...
The Definitive Thelonious Monk
(Concord Music) The Definitive Thelonious Monk on Prestige and Riverside culls a broad span of Monk’s songs read more...
See You On the Moon
(Fantasy Records) Texas born,
Preacher Stone
(www.preacherstone.com) North Carolina is rolling out some read more...
Geniune Negro Jig
(Nonesuch Records) “Tradition is a guide, not a jailer. We play in an older tradition but we are modern read more...
By a Thread
(Evil Teen) I have to admit, I had begun to lose interest in Gov’t Mule following the death of Allen Woody and following read more...
Joy To The World - A Bluegrass Christmas
(Blue Hat) Charlie Daniels is just so good at making you feel like you are smack-dab in the middle of the party. In this read more...
A Good Excuse
(Storm Dog Records) Every time I hear Jimmy Hall open his mouth to sing, I feel like I’m in church. Better yet, read more...
They Say I'm Different
(Light In the Attic) North Carolina native Betty read more...
North Carolina ArticlesRock 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...
Widespread Panic's Michael Houser: Eight Years Gone
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…
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...
Barry Lee Harwood 2010
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...
Promise To Thomas Benefit Rocked
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...
Notes On The State of Poetry, Part Two
NOTES ON THE STATE OF POETRY, Part Two by Diann Blakely Raleigh, NC The Carolinas are so crowded with poets--and so geographically sprawling--that it’s difficult to list or even group them all, much less distribute the requisite laurels. 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.
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...
Super Bowl XLIV Will Be Special for the South
The world’s biggest sporting contest is upon us, and the Southern storylines could not be more prevalent. With the Saints and the Colts meeting in the Super Bowl, Swampland fans should be thoroughly entertained by the matchup of an exciting New Orleans team read more...
Swampdawamp's Gig Michaels
by Michael Buffalo Smith One of the absolute hottest and fastest rising Southern Rock bands of today hails from Charlotte, NC and go by the name Swampdawamp. The band are true pros, and have built a huge grass roots following. So huge, as a matter of fact, that their fans managed to vote them into the People’s Choice slot on the Lynyrd
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