The Southern Rambler - Artists & Musicians on the Gulf Coast

Meeting My Neighbors in the Things They Left Behind

18 Sep 2017

I went into my neighbors’ house today but I didn’t know their names or what they look like. The sign in their yard said “Estate...

In Times of Crisis, Mobile Has Room, And Love, for New Friends

11 Sep 2017

Hurricane Irma didn’t come to Mobile. There was no wind damage or storm surge. No reporters trying to stand in the driving rain. No maps...

Walker Hayes finally has a hit single and reasons to celebrate

08 Sep 2017

“Things are blowing up and there is a reason to celebrate all of the time right now. It has been a long haul for my...

Mr. Gip Tries to Keep the Blues and his Juke Joint Alive

30 Aug 2017

“I worked at the cemetery this morning cutting gas and cleaning up headstones at Pine Hill Cemetery. I found some people’s graves. I have had...

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Jimmy Lumpkin’s Home is Where His Soul Is

21 Aug 2017

Jimmy Lumpkin lives in a cabin beneath pine, oak and magnolia trees on Fish River in southern Alabama. A painted sign by the front door...

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Nerves Baddington: We are All Addicted to Something

16 Aug 2017

“I have heard all my life you need to get out of Birmingham if you are going to make it. I was close to moving...

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Crossword Puzzle and A Capri-Sun

11 Aug 2017

“One of my favorite words, beloved.” I sat two rows behind them, eavesdropping on the train from London to Gatwick. Her short hair is teal...

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Kenny Chesney at The Wharf 8.5.17

07 Aug 2017

by Michelle Stancil It was a long-awaited reunion between Kenny Chesney and the #noshoesnation on the Gulf Coast. A long line of anxious ‘meet and...

Caring for People Who Fall Through the Cracks

26 Jul 2017

Our middle school mission trip began at the Kearney Center homeless shelter in Tallahassee, Florida. Before we got off the bus, chaperone Stewart Nobles reading...

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Can Beautiful, Historic Cairo Survive Years of Corruption and Hate?

13 Jul 2017

“I enjoy your pictures of the history of places frozen in time and the aged areas once thriving. You should check out Cairo.” The trip...

Woodstock, Alabama, or New York City, Every Town Is Someone’s S-Town

19 Jun 2017

By Lynn Oldshue “Good stories teach us about people, great ones alter the way we see ourselves. For many, the new podcast ‘S-Town’ has done...

John Paul White takes down the “Keep Out” sign with new music and touring again

15 Jun 2017

“I had a big ‘Keep Out’ sign around me for a few years.” That is how John Paul White describes the isolation that began in...

Lucy Gafford- The Hair Art Will be in Ripley’s Believe it or Not

08 Jun 2017

“The Shower Hair Masterpieces started as a joke. I was bored and in the shower. I have long hair and it sheds so I started...

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Save The Date for A Ramblin’ Night At The Steeple Oct. 19

01 Jun 2017

Save the Date for A Ramblin’ Night at The Steeple on Thurs. Oct. 19 with Paul Thorn, The Mulligan Brothers, and Eric Erdman. Pre-show in...

Is Hate a More Powerful Motivator Than Love?

01 Jun 2017

“Hate is a More Powerful Motivator than Love.” That is one of the rules of Roger Stone, the slash-and-burn political consultant behind the election of...