By James Calemine Avos contains high-grade musicianship... James Elkington, a London native, and Nathan Salsburg from...
Dispatches
Tom Waits & Jim Jarmusch Started A Secret Organization Called The Sons of Lee Marvin
For over three decades, songwriter Tom Waits appeared in various Jim Jarmusch films. Most recently, Jarmusch cast...
To Live’s To Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt by John Kruth
“Days up and down they come Like rain on a conga drum.” -“To Live’s To Fly” Townes Van Zandt John Kruth’s book on...
Blind Boys of Alabama: Take The High Road
By James Calemine Take The High Road represented the Blind Boys of Alabama's first country-gospel album in their...
The Feelings of Beverly “Guitar” Watkins
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins passed away on October 1, 2019. Recorded at Clean Tracks Studio in Vinemont, Alabama, these...
Dispatch From Quarantine Island: Original Transcripts of Archibald C. McKinley’s 1886 Earthquake Account
By James Calemine On September 24, 2019, I made another trip to Quarantine Island with Michael Gowen. I’ve known Gowen...
Cheyenne Marie Mize: We Don’t Need
By James Calemine Cheyenne Marie Mize is a Louisville, Kentucky, native. She served as a member of the groups Arnett...
Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet
By James Calemine "In every person of whatever station look not for things to criticize, but for something you adore...
Say It Loud! The Life of James Brown: Soul Brother No. 1
By James Calemine Author of seven books, Don Rhodes' "Ramblin' Rhodes" music column has been published weekly for...
Craig Brewer’s Black Snake Moan
By James Calemine Arkansas born, Craig Brewer's Black Snake Moan exists as a fine film. Samuel L. Jackson added...
Edgar Allan Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado”
After 3 cups of coffee, I stopped what I was doing, and decided to revisit the work of Edgar Allan Poe. In my 20s I...
It’s Only Rock & Roll: The Rolling Stones Revisit Jacksonville, Florida
By James Calemine July 19, 2019… The Rolling Stones are in town. When they left New Orleans Monday (after bumping the...












