The Southern Rambler - Artists & Musicians on the Gulf Coast

Labarron Lewis paints history onto a highway wall in Mobile

23 May 2017

“I started this project about two months ago. The people of Africatown committee saw the work I did in the past and chose me to...

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With A New Beginning and New Music, No One Owns the Secret Sisters Anymore

15 May 2017

How many drops of rain roll off of how many window panes Down to a valley low where a river like me begins to grow...

Missing Mom

13 May 2017

By Lesley Pacey When my brother Tom offered to write mom’s eulogy, I was relieved. We are both journalists, but he is the most...

Becoming Ursula Changed Me – Marti Foster

11 May 2017

“Becoming Ursula is a transformation for me. I am a mother of three and on stage I get to boss people around and they actually...

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Caleb Caudle

10 May 2017

“Connecting with people is the part I love most about playing music. I want to make the most of singing, writing and making records. The...

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Hoping for Change in Morocco and Cuba

27 Apr 2017

“Cuba can’t be an island all of the time, we have to have bridges. You have to let people come in with new ideas. You...

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Muddy Magnolias are the Mississippi Delta and New York City

25 Apr 2017

“Our album came out last October but we spent over a year touring with Gary Clark, Grace Potter and Zac Brown. I don’t know if...

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#Hangoutfest 2017 daily line-up released!

05 Apr 2017

GULF SHORES, Ala., April 5, 2017 /The Southern Rambler/ — The 2017 Hangout Music and Arts Festival dropped the daily artist line-up. Tickets: http://hangoutmusicfest.com/tickets/ TICKETS...

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Ramblin’ with The Swampers of Muscle Shoals

23 Mar 2017

“Our sound was built around the drum and bass. We just had to find the groove and we didn’t put ourselves above the artist.” – Jimmy Johnson,...

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Ramblin’ with Jamestown Revival

16 Mar 2017

Jamestown Revival played for the first time in Mobile in early 2014, days before the release of their debut album, Utah. The band is...

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Dick Cooper- This is the best picture I ever took

13 Mar 2017

“I worked for a newspaper and the first time I went to FAME studio it was like a treasure chest waiting to be opened. It...

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Ramblin’ with Emmylou Harris

08 Mar 2017

Emmylou Harris is a music legend who was born in Birmingham and returned for family visits in the summer. A folk singer who describes herself...

Jamie Sledge–This painting is my beginning and my blessing

07 Mar 2017

“I have been an artist since I was a kid, but I am more of a charcoal artist and draw animals and people. It has...

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Mobile Rapper Pluto

09 Feb 2017

“My brother and I are Pluto and Kid Kembi. We have our own record label called Parker Boy Entertainment. I have been traveling the country...

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For Thompson Square, Nashville is Work and Fairhope is Home

29 Jan 2017

By Lynn Oldshue Music duo Thompson Square has sold millions of records and their first single, “Are you Gonna Kiss Me or Not,” was...

Providing Hope and Help to the Homeless in Mobile

26 Jan 2017

Under highway bridges and in woods behind shopping centers and extended-stay hotels are the hidden camps of Mobile’s homeless. Tents, mattresses, sleeping bags, wheelchairs and...

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