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By Robby Amonett .Additional Commentary .by Johnny Cole .Photos by Stephen Anderson When asked to contribute this article, I was both ecstatic and overwhelmed but in truth I was deeply honored. The Southland Music Line is proud to announce this year’s recipient of the Music Artist of the Year, Carey Hudson, a living legend. Carey Hudson is from the small Mississippi town of Sumrall. He has an impressive history of…
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Photo highlights from Summerlyn Powers’ show at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club in Mobile, AL (Sun. Nov. 5, 2023) She has been on tour this autumn in support of her latest EP “The Hive.” Summerlyn Powers (vocals & guitar) was joined by Jack Henry Campbell (guitar), Tom Davis (bass), Cole Pomeroy (drums), and Amanda Donald (fiddle). Opening the show was Brigham Cason. Click Here for our recent article: “Summerlyn Powers Takes…
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Photo highlights from Leilani Kilgore’s concert at Ground Zero Blues Club in Biloxi, MS (Sat. Nov. 4, 2023) Leilani Kilgore (vocals & guitar) was joined by Josh Rice (bass), Jon Wisecarver (guitar), and Nigel Dupree (drums) at a packed Ground Zero for an incredible night of live music. Photos by Stephen “Andy” Anderson (page designed & edited by Johnny Cole) Ground Zero Blues Club Ground Zero Blues Club Leilani Kilgore…
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Some highlights from a very entertaining Frog Pond Sunday Social ft. Jimmy Hall, Randall Bramblett, Grayson Capps, Rick Hirsch, Donna Hall Foster, Stan Foster, Corky Hughes and John Milham at The Frog Pond at Blue Moon Farm in Silverhill, AL (Sun. Oct. 29, 2023) Photos by Stephen “Andy” Anderson (page designed and edited by Johnny Cole)NEXT PAGE > The Frog Pond Live at The Frog Pond Jimmy Hall Randall Bramblett…
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Some highlights from a very entertaining Frog Pond Sunday Social ft. Jimmy Hall, Randall Brandlett, Grayson Capps, Rick Hirsch, Donna Hall Foster, Stan Foster, Corky Hughes and John Milham at The Frog Pond at Blue Moon Farm in Silverhill, AL (Sun. Oct. 29, 2023) Photos by Stephen “Andy” Anderson (page designed and edited by Johnny Cole)< PREVIOUS PAGE The Frog Pond at Blue Moon Farm Jimmy Hall signing his music…
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By Deborah Chatham Photos by Stephen Anderson Piney Woods Country Life School, located just 21 miles south of Jackson, Mississippi, hardly sounds like the name of a school based on music education. However, the school boasts a rich, historical connection to the education and development of many notable Mississippi music artists. The founder and first president of Piney Woods School, Laurence C. Jones, envisioned an educational program that emphasized classroom…
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Photos taken at the Sugarcane Jane show at the Shed BBQ & Blues Joint in Ocean Springs, MS (Sat. Oct. 28, 2023) On this evening, Ron Thamert joined Anthony and Savana Crawford for the entire show. Photos by Stephen “Andy” Anderson (page designed and edited by Johnny Cole) Sugarcane Jane Sugarcane Jane Sugarcane Jane Anthony Crawford Savana Crawford Anthony Crawford Savana Crawford Sugarcane Jane Sugarcane Jane Sugarcane Jane Michael Winstead…
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Photos taken at the Banditos’ show at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club in Mobile, AL (Fri. Oct. 13, 2023). The Southland Music Line has a long history of photographing and following this incredible band. The band members who performed at this Callaghan’ show: Corey Parsons, Stephen Pierce II, Mary Beth Richardson, Randy Wade, and Jeffery Salter performed at Callaghan’s. Photos by Stephen “Andy” Anderson (page designed and edited by Johnny Cole)…
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During the month of September and for the second consecutive year, the Mississippi Songwriters Festival welcomed some very talented singer-songwriters from Sweden as part of the Sweden and Mississippi songwriters exchange program. This successful feature of the Mississippi Songwriters Festival is directed by Drew Howard (a singer-songwriter and acclaimed filmmaker). This year’s guests from Sweden were Per Alexanderson, Mats Dernand, Steve Eriksson, and Ake Lundstrom. In 2022, The Southland Music…
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By Deborah ChathamPhotographs by Stephen Anderson The Southland Music Line made a recent trip to the Mississippi Songwriters’ Festival – Delta Edition. We gained firsthand access to several blues artists and continued in our quest to explore and photograph blues markers for our Blues Trail series. If there is one thing we took away from this trip, it is that Mississippi may be the birthplace of the blues, but the blues…
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