Pura Fe is her birth name. In Spanish it translates, “Pure Faith”. Born in 1959, Pura Fe was named by her Puerto Rican father, and raised by her Tuscarora mother in a family of female singers. “We can count four generations of seven singing sisters in a row, through...
By James Calemine "Necessity is the mother of several other things besides invention." --Flannery O'Connor George Dawes Green knows storytelling. He’s an expert. Green wrote The Caveman’s Valentine (the film adaptation starred Samuel L. Jackson), which won an Edgar...
By James Calemine “Walk believer walk, Your work ain’t never done.” -The Black Crowes The Black Crowes rank as one of the finest rock and roll bands recording and touring these days. The Black Crowes’ musical path led them through glorious...
By James Calemine Based on the James Lee Burke novel, In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead, this film tells the tale of Detective Dave Robicheaux entering into the world of New Orleans mobsters. The recovering alcoholic detective (Tommy Lee Jones) discovers dark...
By James Calemine Real art is personal, close to the bone, unshakable and undeniable. Stranger Me slices throats and raises the black flag. If you’ve followed Amy LaVere’s career you’re aware of her formidable background. Memphis luminary Jim Dickinson produced...
Athens, Georgia, singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt existed as a musical force since the late 80s when R.E.M’s Michael Stipe produced his first two records. Madonna, Hootie & the Blowfish, The Smashing Pumpkins and R.E.M. have covered his songs. At The Cut, his 13th...
By James Calemine At the peak of his career–in March of 1967– Otis Redding crossed the Atlantic to perform for his growing European fanbase. These two performances were combined for this 19 song CD. Legendary producer Tom Dowd supervised the recording of these two...
Born October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Thelonious Monk’s family soon moved to New York City. Monk worked as a professional musician playing organ for a traveling evangelist when he was a teenager. Monk operated as one of the purveyors of the “Be-bop”...
By James Calemine Born in Columbus, Mississippi, on March 26, 1911, Thomas (Tennessee) Williams wrote plays, short stories, novels and poetry. Some of his characters rank as the most memorable in American literature. Few could write about heartbreak and madness like...
By James Calemine Cormac McCarthy spent years living in cheap motels writing classic novels that no one bought such as The Orchard Keeper (1965), Outer Dark (1968), Child of God (1973) and Suttree (1979). McCarthy’s novels operate in a ruthless, often violent...