Do the Right Thing

By Benjamin Hedin

Picking Up the Piedmont Blues

By Benjamin Hedin

It Had to Be Memphis

King never planned to go to Memphis in 1968, and he spent only four days there in March and April of that year.

By Benjamin Hedin

John Coltrane’s Spiritual High Point

His command of the saxophone, so legendary, was achieved not for its own sake but because he was searching for a pathway to the divine.

By Benjamin Hedin

"Keep Your Eyes on the Prize"

By Benjamin Hedin

Stumbling Stone

To acknowledge removal in ways we have not yet done, finally, be it in the form of stumbling stones, land return, or something else, might add meaning to our country’s image of itself.

By Benjamin Hedin

The Ongoing Dream

By the time he left Miami, Phillip Agnew had already decided he was going to take over the Florida State Capitol.

By Benjamin Hedin

Was It Cooler Back Then?

In 1985, for their third album, R.E.M. released a song cycle of the American South, Fables of the Reconstruction.

By Benjamin Hedin

EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS MUSIC WAS INTERESTING

Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach on Junior Kimbrough’s influence. “It’s proven most of the time to be true: some of the music that I love the most, that I want to live with forever, are records I...

By Benjamin Hedin