Junior Kimbrough

GEILS AND DOLLS

Playin' Possum

Unsung heroes Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside signed on with a start-up Mississippi label to record the best blues of the decade

Chaos Theory

R.L. Burnside's indestructible hill-country blues

Pic Hits for the week

R.L. Burnside's indestructible hill-country blues

Back in the Game

Chicago soul singer Syl Johnson is reborn with a little help from the homeboys

Memphis Creeps

After four years of inspired nonsense, the Oblivians remain desperate but not serious

Whiskey River

R.L. Burnside's passion for alcohol is matched only by his command of rawboned Delta blues

Ford Tough

Mississippi bluesman T-Model Ford has known little but chaos and violence, and that's what he sings about

Tricky Woo

Les Sables Magiques (Tee Pee)

A Dan Auerbach Story, From Way Back

The Black Keys as they looked back when I interviewed them.With The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach's solo record, Keep It Hid, having come out last Tuesday and his protégé, Jessica Lea Mayfield coming to town tomorrow, I thought this would be a good time to share a story I wrote on Auerbach for my colle ... More >>

Everlasting Sounds

Ten of the year's most timeless records

Buddy Guy

Just how sweet is that tea?

Electric Mud

The North Mississippi Allstars are young guys passing on an old tradition

North Mississippi Allstars

51 Phantom (Tone-Cool)

Roosting Blues

A revived label serves the blues well

Four-Piece Combo

Seven albums on, Southern Culture on the Skids waxes philosophical about hillbilly e-commerce, fried chicken and more

Southern Culture on the Skids

Liquored Up and Lacquered Down (EMusic/TVT) and Tav Falco's Panther Burns Panther Phobia (In The Red)

Mississippi Homegrown

The Fat Possum Label Showcase with R.L. Burnside

T-Model Ford at The Rhythm Room on 7/29/2010

Becky Bartkowski​T-Model FordThe Rhythm RoomJuly 29th, 2010There's a scene in the 2003 documentary on the early Fat Possum Records roster, You See Me Lau ... More >>

Jason Alford, What Are You Listening To?

Jason Alford​Jason AlfordThe executive chef of Roka Akor hosts a Mother's Day brunch and dinner at the restaurant on Sunday, May 8. For more information, log on to www.rokaakor.com. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? KYOT ... More >>