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By James Calemine Avos contains high-grade musicianship… James Elkington, a London native, and Nathan Salsburg from Louisville, Kentucky, met in

By James Calemine Over three decades, songwriter Tom Waits appeared in various Jim Jarmusch films. Most recently, Jarmusch cast Waits

By James Calemine “A corpse will be transported by express!”                 –Geoffrey Firmin

By Elmore Shanks Today’s guest Snake Nation contributor is fiction writer Mr. Elmore Shanks. –James Calemine …A Prelude… …This venomous

Today’s guest Snake Nation Press contributor is Griffin Bufkin, co-owner of St. Simons Island’s Southern Soul Barbeque. –James Calemine By

A decade ago my old friend Michael Gowen wrote this article for another publication I managed. Since Gowen will periodically

By James Calemine Produced by Memphis luminary Jim Dickinson, Amy LaVere‘s Anchors & Anvils, contends as a fine blueprint for

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

  When I interviewed the High Priest of Memphis Mojo—Jim Dickinson—I asked him if he’d be interested in submitting his

By James Calemine The Americana/alt.country movement of the late 90s seemed like a promising thing.  After being caught in a