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The following photos spotlight Thomas Jackson’s performance at The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. This midday show was held on Saturday, June 21, 2025. Photos by Stephen “Andy” Anderson (page edited & designed by Johnny Cole). Thomas Jackson Thomas Jackson Thomas Jackson Thomas Jackson The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint The Shed BBQ &…
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The following series of photos spotlights Tommy Barnes & Six-String Andrew’s performances at the Gautier, Mississippi swearing-in of its city officials. This well-attended and televised event was held at The Sound Amphitheater in Gautier, MS on Friday, June 20, 2025. Photos by Stephen “Andy” Anderson (page edited & designed by Johnny Cole). The Gautier, MS Swearing-In CeremonyMayor Casey Vaughan Tommy Barnes at the Swearing-In Ceremony Six String Andrew Tommy Barnes…
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The Southland Music Line continues our Mississippi Blues Trail Series at the site of the former Harlem Inn once located on Highway 61 in Winstonville, Mississippi. Harlem Inn was once a highly sought-after venue where national touring blues musicians performed. The name Harlem Inn was frequently used at various clubs and venues across Mississippi, but there was no apparent association between those clubs and the venue in Winstonville. This Harlem…
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Some highlights from the “Downtown Funk After Hours Pop-Up” at The Traveler at The Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, MS on Friday, May 23, 2025. The event featured art and music. The event’s musical guest was Zach Fellman. Photos by Stephen “Andy” Anderson (page designed and edited by Johnny Cole) The Traveler The Traveler The Traveler Zach Fellman Zach Fellman The Traveler at WAMA Nancy Grace’s Traveler…
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Red Radio Productions South presents Pickers & Poets ft. Brandon Kenyon, The Whispering Trees, Jenna McClelland, and John Hall at Ground Zero Blues Club in Biloxi, MS (May 3, 2025). Photos by Stephen “Andy” Anderson (page designed and edited by Johnny Cole) Ground Zero Blues Club Brandon Kenyon The Whispering Trees Joey Raines Naomi Raines Jenna McClelland John Hall Jeff Hernandez Brandon Kenyon Joey Raines Naomi Raines Jenna McClelland John…
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Tender Oak at the Magnolia Room (located at Handsboro Pointe on Bayou Bernard) in Gulfport, MS (April 24, 2025) Photos by Stephen “Andy” Anderson (page designed and edited by Johnny Cole) Tender Oak Tender Oak Tender Oak Mason Boudreaux, Seth Morgan,Brittany & Jason Sanford Mason Boudreaux The Magnolia Room The Magnolia Room Handsboro Pointe (location of The Magnolia Room) Handsboro Pointe Bayou Bernard The Magnolia Room
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Molly Thomas & The Rare Birds with special guests Drew Young and Lhay Browning Thriffiley at Johnny Mac’s in Fairhope, AL (March 28, 2025) Photos by Stephen “Andy” Anderson (page designed and edited by Johnny Cole) Molly Thomas Molly Thomas & The Rare Birds Molly Thomas & The Rare Birds John Keuler Rick Hirsch John Milham Drew Young Drew Young & Lhay Browning Thriffiley Johnny Mac’s Johnny Mac’s Johnny Mac’s
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Recently, on Saturday, March 22, The Southland Music Line attended the annual Songwriter Keynote at the University of South Alabama’s Laidlaw Performing Arts Center. After a hiatus, the event returned, featuring an acoustic performance by critically acclaimed singer-songwriter James McMurtry. Following remarks from former USA Writer-in-Residence Frye Gaillard, the popular Abe Partridge musically opened the show. Also performing a portion of the show with McMurtry was BettySoo. We have enjoyed…
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By Deborah Chatham Les Kerr, a Mississippi native and current Nashvillian, has released his 12th album, Child of HWY 90. Kerr spent his adolescent years in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where the likes of Elvis Presley inspired him to pursue music. After graduating from Ole Miss, Les established a career in broadcast journalism in Mobile, Alabama, before moving to Nashville in 1987 to become a full-time musician. Les frequently returns to play…
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On Saturday, January 25, 2025, The Southland Music Line’s Stephen “Andy” Anderson photographed Isaac Eady & Third Moon at Mockingbird Cafe in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Eady, a Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter, hails from Tullahoma, Tennessee, by way of New Orleans. Since 2021, Eady has been performing and recording on drums as a member of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, as well as playing drums, bass, guitar, pedal steel, piano,…
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