Dylan, The Truckers & Leon In Maryland Tonight Tonight in Columbia, Maryland, at The Merriweather Post read more...
Merle Haggard's New Album Out In October Vanguard Records will release
The Chitlin' Circut: And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll Memphis writer Preston Lauterbach's first book--The Chitlin Circut: read more...
A Salute To All The Veterans An early salute for the upcoming weekend...
Happy Mother's Day 2011 Happy Mother's Day to Everyone! Since it's Mother's Day weekend, I thought I write a read more...
Merle Haggard On A Saturday Night This afternoon I re-read
The world of college athletics was almost turned upside down last summer when possible conference realignment(s) seemed to be rumored read more...
Wanda Jackson: The Party Ain't Over The Party Ain't Over counts as Wanda Jackson's first studio album in eight read more...
Merry Christmas From Swampland Ho, Ho, Ho…I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas from read more...
It’s rivalry week in our Swampland Footprint. Some teams are looking towards league titles (Auburn, Oklahoma/Oklahoma State, NC read more...
(Omnivore Recordings) Omnivore Recordings just released Leon 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...
(Apex Nashville/Underground Sound) Oklahoma has long been a western-edge feeder system for country music.
(Delta Groove) What makes this new Elvin Bishop record so amazing is the roster of special guests he has been able to read more...
Song of America Various Artists 31 Tigers Records By James Calemine This 50-song, 3 CD read more...
Angel In Disguise Leon Russell MRI Records By James Calemine
To Tulsa and Back serves as J.J. Cale’s first studio album in eight years. Cale returned to Tulsa, his hometown, and read more...
Jamie Oldaker’s Mad Dogs & Okies (Concord) Rock n’ roll read more...
Some of Eric Clapton's biggest hits ("After Midnight" and "Cocaine") were J.J. Cale songs, so it's only fitting 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...
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.
We would be remiss if we didn't start our Weekly Fever with some big news - the College Football Hall of Fame will relocate from South Bend, Indiana (home of Notre Dame) to Atlanta by 2012. Swampland Sports considers this to be a truly symbolic move. Atlanta is read more...
Now that week two of the college football season is behind us, we've learned a little more about our teams and what the season might have in store. The SEC Still Reigns - So far, the SEC still looks like the nation's strongest read more...
We thought we'd provide a few thoughts after the first week of the college football season just before tonight's Clemson - Georgia Tech game. In the months that pass between each football season, certain things are put under the microscope by the media and the fans. Here are some of the things that we on people's minds coming into the season. Let's see how read more...
An excerpt from DIXIE LULLABY: A Story of Music, Race, and New Beginnings in a New South By Mark Kemp University of Georgia Press
When it comes to college football, just ‘Google’ the phrase “recruiting is the lifeblood” and you’ll see a ton of results. The fact that quality recruiting is the number one key for long-term success in the big-time world of college football has never been more true. Swampland wrote about this in
by Patrick Snow With the football season fast approaching, we thought it was time to take a State-by-State look at the schools and traditions that make up the religion that is college football in our Swampland footprint. Gold Standards Texas – We have to start in Austin where the read more...