A Magazine Of The South.

The Oxford American’s 23rd annual Southern Music Issue celebrates the musical legacy of the Great Migration, tracing the movement of Southern sound to every corner of our nation and beyond. For the first time since our famed Visions of the Blues series from five years ago, we are thrilled to feature multiple iconic cover stars who represent the varied streams of music that have emanated from our region. An electric image of twice-inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tina Turner at Madison Square Garden in 1969 appears on the first cover. Born Anna Mae Bullock in Brownsville, Tennessee and now widely heralded as the Queen of Rock & Roll, Turner honed her musicianship in the migrant city of East St. Louis, Illinois. The second cover features an intimate portrait of the Queen of Soul, a rare outtake from a 1967 album shoot. Memphis-born, Detroit-raised Aretha Louise Franklin was the first woman performer inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Editor: Eliza Borne
Publisher: University Of Central Arkansas
Pages: 96pp
Size: 8.5 x 11
Notes: perfect bound, color, includes CD
Release Date: Fall 2021