The Southern Rambler - Artists & Musicians on the Gulf Coast

The Art and Generosity of Tut Riddick

11 Oct 2017

“Art is a great generosity, that is my definition. It is giving everything of yourself. When I am finished painting, I am exhausted because I...

Muscadine Bloodline Comes Home for 1065 Festival

05 Oct 2017

*The day after Muscadine Bloodline played at 1065, the band flew to Las Vegas to play in the Route 91 Harvest Festival. They played six...

Connection and Surrender. Ramblin’ with Charlie Mars

03 Oct 2017

Charlie Mars was on my radar because he is from Mississippi and is said to be a good storyteller. I was asked to interview him...

Soynika Edwards Made Up Her Mind to Get Back Into Art

02 Oct 2017

“I brought my nine-year-old with me to help with the Creative Crossings contest. She is the only one of my kids who likes to draw...

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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...

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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The Art and Generosity of Tut Riddick

Muscadine Bloodline Comes Home for 1065 Festival

Connection and Surrender. Ramblin’ with Charlie Mars

Soynika Edwards Made Up Her Mind to Get Back Into Art

Meeting My Neighbors in the Things They Left Behind

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

Walker Hayes finally has a hit single and reasons to celebrate

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

Jimmy Lumpkin’s Home is Where His Soul Is

Nerves Baddington: We are All Addicted to Something

Crossword Puzzle and A Capri-Sun

Kenny Chesney at The Wharf 8.5.17

Caring for People Who Fall Through the Cracks

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

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

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

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

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Is Hate a More Powerful Motivator Than Love?

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