By James Calemine Born in Columbus, Mississippi, on March 26, 1911, Thomas (Tennessee) Williams wrote plays, short...
Tennessee Williams: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton
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Dispatches
Cormac McCarthy’s Meridian of Darkness
By James Calemine Cormac McCarthy spent years living in cheap motels writing classic novels that no one bought such...
Jerry Garcia Band Volume 8 November 23, 1991, Bradley Center
By James Calemine Originally captured to two-track digital audio tape straight from the board, the enclosed recordings...
Old Car City, USA
On Tuesday, November 20, I revisited Old Car City in White, Georgia. Old Car City stands as the largest junkyard in...
Music Maker: Blues Sweet Blues
Most of these songs (recorded from 1994-2006) on Blues Sweet Blues can be heard for the first time. Only Music Maker’s...
Ornette Coleman: Sound Grammar
Born on March 9, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas, Ornette Coleman exists as one of America’s greatest jazzmen. With musical...
William Friedkin’s Bug
Kentucky girl Ashley Judd earned a Saturn Award nomination for William Friedkin’s Bug. Judd plays a lonely waitress,...
The Mural From Walter Anderson’s Cottage by Redding S. Sugg Jr.
When he was alive, Mississippi painter Walter Anderson lived as a recluse in his Ocean Springs home. Nature served as...
Carla Thomas: The Queen Alone
Carla Thomas–the great Rufus Thomas’ daughter–experienced a first rate musical experience growing up in Memphis,...
Al Green: Lay It Down
Soul legend Al Green needs no introduction… Lay It Down marks Green’s 29th studio album. On this disc, Green employed...
Ben Ratliff’s Coltrane: The Story of a Sound
Ben Ratliff wastes no words in this book about John Coltrane. Ratliff wrote about Coltrane’s music in the first half...
James Lee Burke: Jesus Out to Sea
Louisiana writer James Lee Burke’s 2007 book of short stories, Jesus Out to Sea, does not disappoint. This collection...