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James Luther Dickinson: Killers From Space

by James Calemine | Feb 14, 2008 | Music, Music Review, Storytelling

By James Calemine Recorded at Zebra Ranch in Independence, Mississippi, during February and March of 2007, Killers...

The Flying Burrito Brothers: Live At The Avalon Ballroom 1969

by James Calemine | Jan 24, 2008 | Interview, Music, Music Review, Storytelling

Gram Parsons and The Flying Burrito Brothers opened three shows for The Grateful Dead in San Francisco during early...

Willie Nelson’s Teatro

by James Calemine | Jan 17, 2008 | Music, Music Review, Storytelling

Produced by Daniel Lanois, Willie Nelson’s album Teatro was released in 1998. Teatro sounds like no other Nelson...

Death Proof: Quentin Tarantino

by James Calemine | Jan 9, 2008 | Film

By James Calemine Quentin Tarantino always gives a nod to the south in his films. Most folks are aware of...

Levon Helm: Dirt Farmer

by James Calemine | Dec 14, 2007 | Music, Music Review, Storytelling

By James Calemine Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, native Levon Helm’s voice epitomizes the American music storyteller. Of...

Motel Chronicles: Sam Shepard

by James Calemine | Nov 3, 2007 | Books, Literature, Music, Storytelling

Published in 1982, Sam Shepard’s Motel Chronicles serves as a time capsule in his long career. Some of the chapters...

Salvation On Sand Mountain

by James Calemine | Oct 29, 2007 | Books, Literature

“This descent into himself will, at the same time, be a descent into his region. It will be a descent through the...

Desperate Man Blues: Discovering The Roots of American Music

by James Calemine | Oct 20, 2007 | Film, Music, Music Review, Photography, Storytelling

Desperate Man Blues tells the story of Fonotone Records founder Joe Bussard. For over 50 years, Bussard has collected...

Paul Hemphill’s King of the Road

by James Calemine | Oct 18, 2007 | Books, Literature, Storytelling

Johnny Cash also wrote praise: “Jake Hawkins is a lot like my own dad was, and this book took me home. King of the Road is a southern masterpiece, and one of the finest things I’ve ever read by any writer. I can’t wait to get some copies to give out to my friends.”