Chef John Currence On All Things Southern
Regarded as one of the South's best, Chef John Currence made a name for himself in the early 1990s when he opened City Grocery in Oxford, Mississippi. Today the City Grocery Restaurant Group also includes Bouré, Snack Bar, and the fast-growing chain Big Bad Breakfast. https://traffic.libsyn.com/southernamericana/Chef_John_Currence.mp3 I sat down with [...]
Mary Alayne Long: Southern Storyteller
There is no question that Mary Alayne Long is a "Southerner" through and through. After hearing her read at an Emerald Coast Storytellers gathering, I knew I had to meet her. After all, true Southerners can spot each other a mile away. https://traffic.libsyn.com/southernamericana/Mary_Alayne.mp3 Born and raised in Heflin, Alabama, Mary [...]
Sugarcane Jane Podcast Episode
Sugarcane Jane, comprised of Anthony Crawford and Savana Lee, recently opened for Dwight Yoakum and tour extensively across the Southeast. https://traffic.libsyn.com/b274fb41-ed89-47af-b3af-6f7726ca2830/Sugarcane_Jane.mp3 Based in Loxley, Alabama, the couple first met at a recording studio in Nashville. Anthony began playing and touring with Neil Young when he was only 24. He also [...]
Few Miles South, Creating Music On 30a
Musicians Tori Lund and Blake English met while performing and engineering music at Brentwood Preysbertian Church, near Los Angeles. Today, the musical duo, Few Miles South, lives in rural Georgia and performs throughout the southeast. They've opened for the Kentucky Headhunters, Nikki Lane, Junior Brown, Brent Cobb, and many others. https://traffic.libsyn.com/b274fb41-ed89-47af-b3af-6f7726ca2830/A_Few_Miles_South.mp3 [...]
Grant Walden, Muscle Shoals Recording Engineer
Grant Walden is the owner and Chief Audio Engineer of Heartell Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. He cut his teeth learning from music's best-known sound masters and was recognized as one of Muscle Shoals' top recording engineers. He's also the creator and host of the Muscle Shoals Storytellers podcast. https://traffic.libsyn.com/b274fb41-ed89-47af-b3af-6f7726ca2830/Grant_Walden.mp3 [...]
Master Sommelier Emmanuel Kemiji
Emmanuel Kemiji became only the 12th American to achieve the rank of Master Sommelier. He is also one of nine people to pass the exam on his first attempt. While in town for the 30A Wine Festival, Kemiji sat down with me in the podcast studio at SOWAL House in [...]