The Great Magnolia Vagabond – No. 2
February 16th, 2015 | by Rafael Alvarez
About a year ago, late February 2014, I was driving north through Mississippi from New Orleans to visit artist friends Pati D’Mico and Bill Warren in
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“The Prodigal Professor: William Weaks Morris (1934–1999)”
February 2nd, 2015 | by Rafael Alvarez
Like thousands of others around the world, I recently finished reading The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt of Greenwood and Grenada.
The Great Magnolia Vagabond – No. 1
January 14th, 2015 | by Rafael Alvarez
I spent New Year’s Eve 2006 in a small motel in West Point, Mississippi, some 50 miles due south of
“THE WEIRDEST MUSIC HE EVER HEARD” by Rafael Alvarez
December 13th, 2014 | by TLV News
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO W.C. HANDY (1873–1958) Today we honor W.C. Handy, born 141 years ago on November 16. A few
The Influence of Larry Brown, Mississippi Writer (July 9, 1951 – November 24, 2004)
November 20th, 2014 | by TLV News
“Around the time I started to get serious about writing, a friend gave me a copy of Big Bad Love
“Ike Wister Turner: Clarksdale Bluesman Would Have Been 82 on November 5, 2014” By Rafael Alvarez
November 10th, 2014 | by TLV News
I was in Los Angeles in early December of 2007, on strike with the Writers Guild of America and hanging
“LYNYRD SKYNYRD: Thirty-Seven Years of Hard Luck” by Rafael Alvarez
October 16th, 2014 | by TLV News
Fatal Plane Crash in Amite County, Mississippi Nearly Four Decades Ago this Month John Lewis, the sage music writer who
Sandroni’s risk on Hoda Kotb paved way to CBS stardom
September 12th, 2014 | by Carver Rayburn
When the Ole Miss Radio Network broadcasts live from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday, it will be without its longtime sideline
“Behind the Big House” Tour in Holly Springs: April 11-13
April 8th, 2014 | by TLV News
The south has a rich and varied history. The storybook life seen on the silver screen is often just one
Paying Our Dues to the Blues
January 27th, 2014 | by Jesse Yancy
The Blues have shaped American music for over a century, and many people the world over consider blues music Mississippi’s
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