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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

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

By James Calemine I wrote this review in 2012 when Sweeten The Distance was released, and right before I interviewed

By James Calemine On September 24, 2019, I made another trip to Quarantine Island with Michael Gowen. I’ve known Gowen