Oxford American

The Oxford American is a national magazine dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South. Billed as "The Southern Magazine of Good Writing," it has won two National Magazine Awards and other high honors since it began publication in 1992.

CONTRIBUTORS

A Rhythm Nation

The Oxford American

I Love the Way it Sounds

In Search of Vigon

Music from the Magic Box

Our Us (Three Syllables)

Alvin Ailey Finds His Voice

I Am Bound for de Kingdom

Lowell George in Eight and a Half Songs

Ode to Coca-Cola, Helium, Carbon

In Montana

Buddy Guy Walks into a Bar

Where Is Jimmy Bishop?

Overnight Scenario

CAN’T YOU SEE THAT I’M LONELY? • “RESCUE ME,” ON REPEAT

SLOW TIME • Southern resonance in Daniel Lanois’s Sling Blade score

Country Boy Gone City • A ballad of Johnny Bristol, Al Green, and Battle Creek’s Bloody Corner

TOWARD THE SUN • JAZZ AND SOUL BLOOM UP SOUTH AT MIDCENTURY

MANHATTAN IN EAST ST. LOUIS

SONGBOOK

The Watts Miracle • One of these mornings bright and fair / I’m gonna take my wings and fly the air

MORE BRIDGES THAN WALLS

Fye-Veaux

HOUSTON MEETS BROOKLYN IN UGK’S “BIG PIMPIN’”

The Dollar Done Fell at the Checkerboard Lounge

A BRIEF HISTORY OF BOUNCE

The Southern Roots of Q

SPRING BREAK SOUNDTRACK

Sculpting the Epic Hero in Sound

Carolyn‘s Alchemy

MUSIC CREDITS

VOCAL VISIONARIES