Negro Terror has a lot to be angry about. Rico, the guitarist for the Memphis hardcore band, explained this anger in an interview for the new feature-length documentary about his group. “You got the being black in America anger, then you’ve got the being different in black America anger and then you’ve got everything, just […]
Author R. J. Lee has been writing humorous novels about the South for years. But this year, Lee wrote his first mystery novel, “Grand Slam Murders.” He will read from and sign the new book at 5 p.m. tonight at Off Square Books. The book, which is the beginning of a series called “The Bridge […]
Though their biggest influences are outlaw country and Southern rock artists like Waylon Jennings and Gregg Allman, The Steel Woods will come to the home state of one of their other influences — the Delta blues — when they play at 9 p.m. tonight at Proud Larry’s. Composed of songwriting duo Wes Bayliss and Jason […]
Called “Benton County Relic” and featuring a tintype portrait of the artist as its cover, Cedric Burnside’s latest album owes a lot to the past. Burnside, who still lives outside of Holly Springs, was born in the thick of the blues. He’s the son of drummer Calvin Jackson and also the grandson of R.L. Burnside, […]
After hearing the news on Friday that the rumors were true and that Chancellor Vitter is resigning, I was conflicted. I knew that people on both sides of the political aisle who see him as enforcing too much or too little change would be happy to see him gone, and that people who are ready […]
Based on a true story, “The Old Man and the Gun” is — at least at first glance — a simple flick. It’s a well-paced, well-shot and well-told film about Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), a veteran criminal who even at 70 years old has a penchant for robbing banks. The film opens with a bank […]
The Chicago-based rapper and singer Noname, known for her 2016 album “Telefone” and her features on some of Chance the Rapper’s projects, released her sophomore album “Room 25” on Sept. 14. Recorded in just a month, “Room 25” includes commentary on everything from revolutionary politics to the history of slavery to Chick-fil-A waffle fries. Despite […]
Creative writing professor Kiese Laymon candidly detailed his Mississippi childhood, his relationship with his mother and his struggles with his weight at Off Square Books last night. Laymon, hailed as “the chief blues scribe of our time” by fellow scholar and author Zandria Robinson, read from and signed his new memoir “Heavy: An American Memoir” […]
“How many in here are wrestling fans?” Christopher Stacey asked as he stepped out into the corridor created by rows of tables in the Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory. Roughly half of the two dozen people in the room raised their hands. “How many in here are sports entertainment fans?” he asked, raising his voice […]
Southside Gallery presents Mississippi painters I always enjoy art gallery reviews, because the words of artists add so much to their visual creations. That is apparent here in the quotes from painters Jonathan Kent Adams and Jerrod Partridge that give voice to their artistic concerns. Writer Jacqueline Schlick also did a great job of getting […]
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