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Southern Music

Appalachian Music and the Phonograph

By Tom Daniel

In the late 19th century, Romantic composers were driven by nationalism as a means to advance their art.  For example, Russian composers like Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov made their composed music sound Russian, and the… »

  • Bluegrass
  • Carter Family
  • Fiddlin John Carson
  • Southern History
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Tradition
  • Tom Daniel

How to Listen to Jazz

By Tom Daniel

When you hear the word “jazz,” what type of music pops into your head?  What do you hear?  You probably hear piano, brass, saxophone, or all of the above.  But do you hear it melodious… »

  • Jazz
  • Southern Music
  • Tom Daniel

Hank Williams Was Their Prophet and Tradition Was Their King

By Travis Holt

The story I’m about to tell is one of the many coming from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Hardscrabble existence was a way of life with our pioneers, and it was no different in my… »

  • Hank Williams
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Tradition
  • Travis Holt

Damn Right You Should Listen to the Blues

By Casey Chalk

“The blues ain’t nothin’ but a good man feelin’ bad,” according to “Negro Blues,” penned in 1913. There’s no question about the “feelin’ bad” part. The genre is defined by its twelve-bar tune with the… »

  • Blues
  • Casey Chalk
  • New South
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Tradition

The Colored Sacred Harp

By Tom Daniel

I have written here before about the history and mechanics of Sacred Harp singing, shape-notes, and Singing Schools.  James Kibler has delivered some truly excellent talks about Singing Billy Walker and the origins of Amazing… »

  • B.F. White
  • Colored Sacred Harp
  • Judge Jackson
  • New South
  • Singing Billy Walker
  • Southern Music
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  • Tom Daniel

Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Dixie Version

By Brion McClanahan

The Orwellian nightmare known as 2020 continues. Not only are Confederate monuments and symbols under attack, seemingly benign references to anything Southern are now considered “racist.” Real estate listings that use the term “master bedroom”… »

  • Brion McClanahan
  • Dixie
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Rock

Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Part VII

By Brion McClanahan

Ramblin’ Man – Allman Bros This was the biggest hit for the Allman Brothers and it led Lynyrd Skynyrd to Sweet Home Alabama. Every Southern rock outfit wanted to recreate the magic of Ramblin’ Man.… »

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  • Toy Caldwell

Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Part VI

By Tom Daniel

Hot ‘Lanta – Allman Brothers Band The typical standard jazz composition that would be played by Miles Davis or John Coltrane is exactly the same type of composition as “Hot ‘Lanta.”  It begins with the… »

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Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Part V

By Brion McClanahan

A series by Brion McClanahan, Tom Daniel, and Jeff Rogers Loan Me a Dime – Boz Scaggs Boz Scaggs rose to prominence after teaming with Steve Miller in the late 1960s on his first two… »

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Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Part IV

By Brion McClanahan

A list compiled by Brion McClanahan, Tom Daniel, and Jeff Rogers Good Time Feelin’ – Dickey Betts Betts’s solo projects were as good (if not better) than most Allman Brothers albums post Duane Allman. “Good… »

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