The Oxford American Magazine; The Southern Music Issue (Louisiana)

Here's a great quarterly magazine, The Oxford American- "The Southern Magazine of Good Writing"

Issue 79 , The 2012 Southern Music Issue, had a fascinating article about Chris King by Amanda Petrusich, and the cover CD contained some amazing music from Louisiana, much of it I'd never heard before (ok I knew Professor Longhair, Robert Pete Williams and Dr. John).

Try these three tracks for starters (YouTube videos):

Sugar Bee, Cleveland Crochet and Hill Billy Ramblers

Real Live Living Hurtin' Man by Johnny Adams

Reconsider Me, Margaret Lewis

I'm going straight down to Louisiana!

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A past issue featured Howlin' Wolf on the cover, and an article by Peter Guralnick: