Recorded at Puckett's Grocery in Leiper's Fork, TN, welcome to the Southern Americana Podcast: Where we will Connect the South's music, people, and places. Our first episode with singer/songwriter Emily Elgin is up on Apple Podcast (formerly iTunes). The South is an amazing place. It's given birth to a multitude of remarkable music and [...]
It’s often said most upscale steakhouses are the same; that those cuts of USDA beef are cooked alike, the only difference being the restaurant’s name and color scheme. Fortunately, that statement doesn’t apply here. Music City’s newest steakhouse, E3 Chophouse Nashville, is redefining how steak is grown, prepared, and experienced in Hillsboro Village. E3 Chophouse Starts [...]
Each year I vow to have my Christmas gift list filled by late-October. It’s a noble objective, yet I’ve never met this self-imposed deadline. If you have procrastinated filling your holiday list this Christmas season, here are some last-minute gift ideas for Southern men. Natchez Burning Trilogy by southern author Greg Iles Natchez [...]
For the past 26 years, I’ve gained much pleasure in smoking quality cigars. Firing one up sounds simple, yet there are a few things to know about how to properly smoke and enjoy a fine cigar. Recently, I discovered a fantastic southern cigar shop, Spring Street Cigars, with locations in Tupelo and Oxford, Mississippi. I [...]
At the southwestern tip of Nashville lays the northern end of the Natchez Trace Parkway, an almost 450-mile trail that tells a tale of American culture - namely Southern culture - through music and food. Since the late 1700s, Native American Indians, entrepreneurs, adventurers, and bandits have traveled this diagonal route between the outskirts of [...]
