Floating Eastwardly: Col. Bruce Hampton
/When Colonel Bruce Hampton collapsed onstage at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre Monday night, the very model of Southern musical freedom left this world.
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When Colonel Bruce Hampton collapsed onstage at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre Monday night, the very model of Southern musical freedom left this world.
Read MoreToday, our Southern Schooling columnists argue that all the talk about “failing” schools draws too much attention away from the folks working to make our public schools — particularly in urban and rural areas — into great learning environments. They’re tired of it, and offer suggestions about how to move beyond the poisoned rhetoric.
Read MoreFlorence, Alabama, is a town rich with musical heritage and a thriving global fashion business, but until Brian Lovejoy came back home, the place never had a great Southern cocktail bar. Now, it does, and Florence is drinking up.
Read MoreOur Southern Food columnist, Nicole Taylor, visits the Purple Ribbon sugarcane fields of Georgia’s Sapelo Island and ponders the beauty of a too often neglected ingredient — cane syrup.
Read MoreOutkast's Big Boi dropped into a class our Southern Music columnist Dr. Joycelyn Wilson was teaching. These are the lessons he taught.
Read MoreHow the technology industry is cross-pollinating with hip-hop.
Read MoreThe Bitter Southerner’s beer writer is Bob Townsend, who’s been writing about the beloved suds for 15 years. Here are his intentions for covering the Southern beer world.
Read MoreWe talk to Jeff Hanna of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band about their landmark 1971 recording, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken."
Read MoreFailing schools. Failing students. Underperforming schools. We hear these phrases all the time. But our new “Southern Schooling” column advocates for better, “anti-dumbass” answers for our schools. Getting that work done is kind of like snagging a catfish.
Read MoreCome visit us sometime, Drinks International. You’ll probably find something that surprises you, bless your heart.
Read MoreTo kick off our Southern Food column, Georgia-born food writer Nicole Taylor takes us to her hometown of Athens, Georgia, with a story about a hungry traveler and the violence he encountered.
Read MoreThe Bitter Southerner kicks off its regular music column with a joint statement of purpose by the two writers who will take turns exploring the music of the South.
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Read MoreDo the dreams of entrepreneurs come to fruition only in New York or Silicon Valley? Not quite. Hypepotamus and The Bitter Southerner bring you the “Southern Hustle” column with tales of the founders, technologists, investors, and startup champions who call the South home.
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