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A Modern Legacy of America's Finest Archivists
A Modern Legacy of America's Finest Archivists A treasure trove of old, obscure American music exists out read more...
Widespread Panic's Dave Schools Discusses Mickey Hart's Sounds of Space
Dave Schools Discusses Sounds of Space This evening I conducted an interview with
Happy Holidays From Swampland 2011
Happy Holidays From Swampland "Never be impatient with the ones who love you, It might be read more...
A Birthday Tribute To Sam Shepard
A Birthday Tribute To Sam Shepard Today is the 68th birthday of Sam Shepard. A
Wes Freed's Artwork for Drive By Truckers Georgia Theatre Shows
Wes Freed's Drive By Truckers Artwork On August 12th and 13th,
Swampland's Daily Duo of Reviews For 7/28/11: Pokey LaFarge and Pontiak
"For West is where we all plan to go some day." - Robert Penn Warren For Thursday's pair of reviews, we take on the read more...
Upcoming Interview: Preston Lauterbach's Chitlin' Circuit: And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll
The Chitlin' Circut: And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll Memphis writer Preston Lauterbach's first book--The Chitlin Circut: read more...
Swampland's Daily Duo of Reviews For 7/27/11: Dex Romweber Duo and Nathan Moore
For our midweek duo of reviews, we have Dex Romweber Duo's Is that You in the Blue? and Nathan Moore's Dear read more...
Swampland's Gospel, Funk & Soul Collection
Swampland's Gospel, Funk & Soul Collection It's arguable that one of America's finest contributions to read more...
Girl Power: A Compilation of Swampland's Most Talented Female Artists
Swampland Salutes Southern Women: Volume 1 Today we'd like to salute all the great southern female artists read more...
Virginia Reviews
The Chitlin' Circut And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll
(W.W. Norton & Company) Every few decades a book like The Chitlin' Circut And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll comes read more...
Comecrudos
(Thrill Jockey) A power trio of different sort, Pontiak is composed of three Virginia brothers from Blue Ridge Mountains. read more...
Dear Puppeteer
(Royal Potato Family) The jamband scene is not a safe haven for songwriters. On the surface, fans of live music should read more...
The Errant Charm
(Subpop Records) George Harrison was the quiet Beatle. He left it to John Lennon and Paul McCartney to make their read more...
Ragged and Right
(Thrill Jockey) The concept for Ragged and Right originated from inspiration surrounding the Mordicai Jones/Link read more...
Bride Of The Noisemakers
(429 Records) With the release of his new live album, Bride of the Noisemakers, Virginian Bruce Hornsby celebrates read more...
The Palace Guards
(Savoy/429 Records) Texas born songwriter/singer/producer David Lowery founded the bands Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker. read more...
By The Hand
For quite some time, Bobby Thompson has been a fixture in the DC music scene, camping out on the Virginia side the Potomac. read more...
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
(New West Records) Produced by T-Bone Burnett, 11 read more...
Borrow A Horse
(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...
Virginia ArticlesThe Preston Lauterbach Interview: Cultural Innards of the Chitlin' Circut
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...
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...
Notes On the State of Poetry, Part One
NOTES ON THE STATE OF POETRY, Part One by Diann Blakely Charlottesville, VA While Thomas Jefferson may never have predicted the emergence of musical groups like the Dave Matthews Band, Pavement, and the Silver Jews from the Palladian halls and arches of the University of Virginia, he regarded its read more...
The Wes Freed Interview
The Wes Freed Interview by James Calemine Rock and Roll artwork weaves an interesting tapestry into the patchwork quilt of American culture. Consider how images and liner notes to
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...
SEC, Big 12, & ACC Bowl Primer: Post-January 1 Edition
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, Big 12, & ACC Bowl Primer: Pre-January 1 Edition
SEC 12/27 – Kentucky vs. Clemson - Music City Bowl (8:30pm EST – ESPN) 12/28 – Georgia vs. Texas A&M read more...
Weekly Fever Review #5: The ACC Still Not Progressing Quickly Enough
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...
Weekly Fever Review #4: NYC Bowl Hypocrisy, Etc.
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.
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