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In the below list of the Top 35 Southern Rock Songs, as chosen by the UCR staff, the twin pillars of the music – the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd – are well-represented, checking in ...
S.Dott, the Lawell, Louisiana native and Zydeco trailblazer behind the viral sensation “Cowgirl Trailride,” has been riding ...
But as a writer and producer, Penn greatly shaped Southern soul music in the 1960s. Had he only written his two best-known songs, the same would hold true.
“I really believe that old southern soul music is on its way back,” says Purify, who first recorded in Muscle Shoals in 1966 as half of Ben & Spence (Purify’s real name is Ben Moore; he ...
Hustle & Flow and The Devil's Rejects burst onto the big screen on the same day, 20 years ago, with two sides of the South's ...
There are three things you ought to know about “The Heeey Baby Days of Beach Music," the new book on Southern blue-eyed soul bands from the 1960s: It’s the best book ever published on the ...
Live music by Wanda Mountain Boys starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at Jacoby Arts Center, 627 E. Broadway, Alton.
CLARKSDALE, Miss. – Blues. Jazz. Country. Rock n' roll. Gospel. Southern Gospel. Cajun-zydeco. Soul/ R&B. Bluegrass. Nine of America's most well-known music genres now have their own road map ...
Rickey Fondren is a 15-year-old 10th grader with an old soul. Growing up in Memphis, he says his childhood was shaped around “older soul music.” One of his biggest influences growing up was ...