With approximately 75 percent of golden age gospel music lost, the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project is trying to save what’s left.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Brittany Packnett, Rahima Nasa, Jordan Smith, Scott Korb, and Chris Heath.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Florida, White Privilege, and Racism
My origin story—as a son, and later a father and a husband; as a citizen, a racist— has always begun in a crumpled car at the side of the highway. May 30, 1982.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Quotes, Unapologetic Women, Writing
On the Contentious Borders of the American South
Zandria F. Robinson narrates her coming of age Memphis while examining contemporary southernness.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
For the Love of Sturgill Simpson, Country Rocker Ignored by Country Music
A love letter to the musician with a clear country voice.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes
When Life Imitates Country Music
“The trills in his notes sputter and lift. He sounds like an animal in trouble. Like a lounge singer who’s lost his mind.”
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Honky-Tonk Man
“I called him Mr. Chuck. We did what families do: We carefully observed the borders of conversational terrain. The election of Obama, no. The best strategy for grilling buffalo burgers, yes.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from David Dobbs, Rachel Aviv, Max Read, Holly George-Warren, and Bianca Bosker.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Southern Gallery: Tom Petty
Goodbye, Tom Petty. Revisit this chatty, informal, fun interview with the rock legend from Oxford American’s 2000 Southern music issue.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Building a New Society for Black Americans, First in Mississippi
A movement in Jackson, Mississippi is working to remake the way the city governs, feeds, and runs itself in order to serve the black community.