Stomp y'all's feet and holler, for the Southern Sampler has arrived!
Ever since Oxford American went under a few years ago, then came back, each Music Issue since constitutes a minor miracle. And I was pleasantly surprised to discover that it's available in Mary-Land, that bizzarro limbo world not quite South and not quite North.
The magazine of southern culture, skids and all, puts out a fantastic CD each summer chock-full of the most eclectic mix of southern music you'll ever hear.
This means not just blues and bluegrass, but a wide array of musical genres stretching across genres, generations and thousands of miles. Elvis and Erykah, yodelers and cowboys, even psychedelic rock.
The CD alone is worth it, but read the magazine anyway, okay? Like expanded liner notes, it covers each artist in-depth with great photos and art, plus a few extra articles on music in general.
If you buy only one southern magazine with a CD, make it this one.
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