In 2016, Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for literature. Dylan’s buried film, Renaldo and Clara remains unreleased. The...
Bob Dylan’s Renaldo and Clara: Asleep In The Tomb (Excerpt)
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Dispatches
Bitter Southerner: The McIntosh Country Shouters
I wrote this article about the McIntosh County Shouters for The Bitter Southerner in 2017. (Photo by Ansley West...
Leon Russell Live In Japan
Omnivore Recordings released Leon Russell’s Live In Japan in 2011. The original performance was recorded in Japan on...
Ace Atkins: The Redeemers
I just finished The Redeemers, a fine book by Mississippi writer Ace Atkins…. Born June 28, 1970, in Troy, Alabama,...
Elmore Leonard’s When The Women Come Out To Dance
By James Calemine Born in New Orleans during 1925, Elmore Leonard ranks as one of America’s finest writers. His family...
Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano
“A corpse will be transported by express!” --Geoffrey Firmin The Day of the Dead carries ominous implications. Malcolm...
The Lunatic by Anthony C. Winkler
The Lunatic is a hilarious, well-crafted, story where all the dunces are in confederacy.
AS THE CROWE FLIES: RICH ROBINSON ON THE BLACK CROWES AND GOING SOLO
By James Calemine At the moment, Rich Robinson prepares to go back out on the road with the Magpie Salute to promote...
Chris Whitley: Dirt Floor
By James Calemine Chris Whitley’s release Dirt Floor counts as his fourth studio album. Besides his debut disc–Living...
The Border
Between Smith’s spendthrift wife (Perrine) and his corrupt partner (Keitel), Smith finds himself a conflicted player in a fatal game. When Smith decides to fly straight…the trouble intensifies. Nicholson’s heart-rending performance in The Border ranks as one of his most underrated.
Thelonious Monk: Underground
Originally released in 1968, Thelonious Monk’s Underground was his first album since the mid-fifties to contain as...
Dave McGrew’s Fruit Tramp Ballads of the Great Northwest
Dave McGrew’s Fruit Tramp Ballads of the Great Northwest preserves a testimony to those hard working folks who may...