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More Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country

by James Calemine | Mar 2, 2014 | History, Music, Music Review, Rural, Soul, Storytelling

The genius of More Dirty Laundry: the Soul of Black Country resides in defying musical prejudices.

Shirley Brown: Woman To Woman

by James Calemine | Dec 4, 2013 | Gospel, Music, Music Review, Storytelling

By James Calemine Born during 1947, in West Memphis, Arkansas, Shirley Brown’s first single–“Woman to Woman”–sold a...

Janisse Ray’s Drifting into Darien: A Personal And Natural History of the Altamaha River

by James Calemine | Oct 13, 2013 | Books, Literature, Rural, Storytelling

“I seek the darkest wood, the thickest and most interminable and, to the citizen, most dismal swamp. I enter a swamp...

Albert King: I’ll Play The Blues For You

by James Calemine | Jan 14, 2013 | Music, Music Review, Storytelling

By James Calemine Albert King never tolerated nonsense. His guitar-playing captured the essence of his personality. He...

Zora Neale Hurston: Tell My Horse

by James Calemine | Nov 6, 2012 | Art, Books, Literature, Music, Storytelling

By James Calemine Alabama born author Zora Neale Hurston wrote Tell My Horse: Voodoo And Life In Haiti And...

Chuck Leavell’s Back To The Woods: A Tribute To The Pioneers of Blues Piano

by James Calemine | Oct 19, 2012 | Music, Music Review, Storytelling

"Well how long has that evening train been gone?" --Leroy Carr Chuck Leavell stands as one of the finest piano players...

Larry Brown’s Fay

by James Calemine | Sep 25, 2012 | Books, History, Interview, Literature, Music, Rural, Storytelling

“I read every word he ever wrote.” -Bob Dylan

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Big Moon Ritual

by James Calemine | Aug 16, 2012 | Interview, Music, Music Review, Storytelling

“Rosalee” counts as the rocker with the classic Robinson line: “Is the air getting thicker?/Are we getting high?”. My favorite is “Tulsa Yesterday” that washes a nice musical waterfall over the listener. Other tracks on this collection would serve in the group’s live repertory for years such as “Star or Stone”, “Tomorrow’s Blues”, “Reflections On A Broken Mirror”, “Beware, Take Care” and “One Hundred Days of Rain”.

Potent stuff…