Leavell’s Forever Green exists as one of the most insightful books ever written about the history and condition of the American Forest.
Dispatches
Jo Jo Hermann’s Smiling Assassin
By James Calemine John “JoJo” Hermann’s record, Smiling Assassin, consists of eleven country-hearted blues songs, and...
Eddie Hinton: Dear Y’all: The Songwriting Sessions
Eddie Hinton died in 1995 at the age of 51. When Hinton served as the session guitarist at Muscle Shoals Studio, his...
Colonel Bruce Hampton: One Ruined Life Of A Bronze Tourist
One Ruined Life of a Bronze Tourist was originally recorded in 1978 for Atlanta’s Pine Tree Records. Terminus Records...
Merle Haggard: If I Could Only Fly
The name Merle Haggard carries a heavy weight in country music. Haggard remains a maverick who stared into the face of...
Colonel Bruce Hampton: Arkansas
Colonel Bruce Hampton’s album Arkansas, like his 1978 One Ruined Life of A Bronze Tourist, were released on Atlanta’s...
Tom Waits: Mule Variations
Mule Variations contends as one of Tom Waits’ finest albums. Recorded in a converted northern California chicken...
Barbara Cue: Louisiana Truckstop
By James Calemine Barbara Cue contains an abundance of talent. This all-star Athens, Georgia, line-up has crafted a...
Eddie Hinton: Hard Luck Guy
Eddie Hinton, the Muscle Shoals singer/songwriter, did not live to complete the 1999 Capricorn Records album Hard Luck...
Townes Van Zandt: Live at the Old Quarter
By James Calemine The Holy Grail of Townes Van Zandt albums--during this July 1973 performance Van Zandt operated and...
Levon Helm’s This Wheel’s On Fire
“It’s a wicked life But what the hell, Everybody’s got to eat.” –“Goin’ To Acapulco” Bob Dylan & The Band Levon...











