By James Calemine The Dickinson Brothers pay homage to their Hill Country brethren and Memphis musical kin on Electric Blue Watermelon. The album was produced by their father Jim Dickinson. Luther and Cody rise to the occasion on their strongest studio release since...
By James Calemine We revisit an old Never Ending Soul Food Dispatch... James Calemine's "Never Ending Soul Food Tour" includes documented visits to barbecue joints, catfish dens, chicken shacks and any establishment serving memorable vittles. Old Clinton BAR-B-Q...
By James Calemine James Calemine’s “Never Ending Soul Food Tour” includes documented visits to barbecue joints, catfish dens, chicken shacks and any establishment serving memorable vittles. “I’m goin’ back to Savannah/Sign my initial down The men all like me/And the...
For over three decades, songwriter Tom Waits appeared in various Jim Jarmusch films. Most recently, Jarmusch cast Waits in his 2019 zombie movie The Dead Don’t Die. Waits also acted in the Jarmusch films Down By Law, Mystery Train and Coffee & Cigarettes. Waits...
“Days up and down they come Like rain on a conga drum.” -“To Live’s To Fly” Townes Van Zandt John Kruth’s book on Townes Van Zandt stands as a close-to-the-bone account of America’s most underrated songwriters. Kruth details Van Zandt’s Texas upbringing to his...
By James Calemine Take The High Road represented the Blind Boys of Alabama's first country-gospel album in their 70-year career. The five time Grammy winners recruited some of country music's heaviest players to assist on this recording. Clarence Fountain and the rest...
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins passed away on October 1, 2019. Recorded at Clean Tracks Studio in Vinemont, Alabama, these ten songs illustrate her true guitar mastery. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 6, 1939, Watkins played guitar for the legendary Piano Red when she...
By James Calemine On September 24, 2019, I made another trip to Quarantine Island with Michael Gowen. I’ve known Gowen about 36 years, and he is now the caretaker of Quarantine Island. Quarantine served as the designated location sick (mostly yellow fever) sailors...
By James Calemine Cheyenne Marie Mize is a Louisville, Kentucky, native. She served as a member of the groups Arnett Hollow and Maiden Radio a few years ago. She writes songs, sings, plays guitar and mandolin. Her debut album, Before Lately, was released in 2010. Mize...
By James Calemine "In every person of whatever station look not for things to criticize, but for something you adore in your Creator." --Edgar Cayce Edgar Cayce was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on March 18, 1877. Cayce possessed gifts of clairvoyance and over the...