By James Calemine Born in New Orleans during 1925, Elmore Leonard ranks as one of America’s finest writers. His family soon moved from the Crescent City to Detroit when he was a child, and Leonard never moved away from the Motor City. Author of 45 novels, Leonard...
“A corpse will be transported by express!” --Geoffrey Firmin The Day of the Dead carries ominous implications. Malcolm Lowry’s masterpiece, Under the Volcano, stands as a timeless book to revisit--or discover. Lowry, born in 1909 and died in 1957, published two books...
The Lunatic is a hilarious, well-crafted, story where all the dunces are in confederacy.
By James Calemine At the moment, Rich Robinson prepares to go back out on the road with the Magpie Salute to promote High Water II. His solo album Flux hit the streets June 2016. Robinson released his solo catalog, starting with expanded editions of 2004’s Paper and...
By James Calemine Chris Whitley’s release Dirt Floor counts as his fourth studio album. Besides his debut disc–Living With The Law–Dirt Floor contends as his finest recording. An acoustic album, Dirt Floor features only Whitley playing guitar, banjo and singing. The...
Between Smith’s spendthrift wife (Perrine) and his corrupt partner (Keitel), Smith finds himself a conflicted player in a fatal game. When Smith decides to fly straight…the trouble intensifies. Nicholson’s heart-rending performance in The Border ranks as one of his most underrated.
Originally released in 1968, Thelonious Monk’s Underground was his first album since the mid-fifties to contain as many as four previously unrecorded original compositions. Underground counts as one of Monk’s final albums. Monk’s band on Underground included Charlie...
Dave McGrew’s Fruit Tramp Ballads of the Great Northwest preserves a testimony to those hard working folks who may never experience the elusive “American Dream”. Taj Mahal (bass, mandolin, harp), Cool John Ferguson (guitar, piano), and Music Maker president Tim Duffy...
R & B great Johnnie Taylor recorded on the classic Stax/Volt label. Born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, in 1938, Taylor began performing in Memphis after honing his vocal skills in gospel groups. Taylor played a major role in releasing popular songs for Stax...
Florida Frenzy culls 13 essays and articles along with 3 short stories into one of the finest collections written by Harry Crews. These stories span from 1969-1982. The Bacon County, Georgia, native stands as one of the South’s finest writers. You can read our...