Every year since about 2000, the outstanding literary magazine OXFORD AMERICAN publishes a special issue, devoted almost exclusively to music of the South, and includes an incredible CD sampler that accompanies many of the articles. The range of music is infinite: blues, gospel, folk, bluegrass, Cajun, humorous, classical, jazz, experimental, rock -- you name it, and it has probably at some time appeared on one or more of the annual OXFORD AMERICAN Southern Music CDs. The sampler for 2006 features:
JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS -- Goin' Back To New Orleans
JEANNIE C. RILEY -- Words, Names, Faces
UNCLE DAVE MACON -- Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy
BIG STAR -- Stroke It Noel
TEX WILLIAMS -- Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
JUNIOR KIMBROUGH -- I Cried Last Night
THE ARMSTRONG TWINS -- Beetle With The Boogie Woogie Beat
SHARON JONES -- How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? (Radio Edit)
THE SWAN SILVERTONES -- Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
BOB DOROUGH -- Three Is A Magic Number
MUHAMMAD ALI -- Theme From Ali And His Gang Vs. Mr. Tooth Decay
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK played by AMIRAM RIGAI -- Souvenir de Porto Rico
DRIVIN' 'N' CRYIN' -- Straight To Hell
GARY STEWART -- Single Again
THE 6THS featuring KATHARINE WHALEN -- You You You You You
BOB DOROUGH -- Right On My Way Home
ANDY GRIFFITH -- Mama Guitar
THE NUGRAPE TWINS -- I Got Your Ice Cold NuGrape
WE THE PEOPLE -- She Does Everything For Me
EARTHA KITT -- C'est Si Bon
RICHARD HELL -- Blank Generation
SAM COOKE -- Tennessee Waltz
TOWNES VAN ZANDT -- Nothin'
SUN RA & HIS INTERGALACTIC SOLAR ARKESTRA -- We Travel The Spaceways
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