The Oxford American’s 13th annual Southern music issue came out earlier this month. The focus for December 2011 is the Magnolia State. It comes complete with a 27-song CD. The website also has links to music not contained on the CD.
As the Little Rock and Conway-based magazine notes, Mississippi can lay stake to being birth of blues, rock and country.
The issue contains articles on:
* Sam Phillips’s greatest musical
* The x-rated origins of blues lyrics
* Mississippi John Hurt
PLUS: A special section of The OA featuring lists and musings by contributors including Roy Blount, Jr., Nick Hornby, and Rosanne Cash.
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