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Atlanta’s Southern Proper boasts a line of Southern gentleman’s accessories that is fresh, classic, and by all means, proper. Combining traditional fashion with new Southern chic, their sophisticated yet whimsical products capitalize on the comically over-characterized Southern gentleman. Southern Proper’s bow ties (”Beaus”) and other elements of haberdashery are adorned with patterns ranging from live [...]

Much is made lately of the specter of socialism in this country, and YHP is hardly going to venture into the fray and offer an opinion either way.  However, it’s relevant to our interests to note that the federal government tried a temporary variant of socialism before — in Alabama.  Farmers farmed government land, shopped [...]

Hello loyal readers,
Yellowhammer Press is in the middle of moving (our house, not our website) and will return on Monday.  Dock Boggs will keep you company until we return.   Thanks for your patience!
-YHP

Many a Southern school child grew up reading Kathryn Tucker Windham’s 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey. Though she may be well known for this charming staple of Southern folklore, her life and literary range reach far beyond one seminal work.  A journalist, folklorist, and utterly enthralling storyteller with a seemingly endless store of knowledge of [...]

Like many of its fans, I first came across The Accountant after learning it was the inspiration for “Sinkhole,” a song by Athens, GA band The Drive-By Truckers.  I tracked down the film (no easy feat at the time — it’s a relatively  hard thing to get a hold of, especially now that the Ginny [...]

The Backroads of American Music is, perhaps like its moniker indicates, an odd and rough assemblage of rural and undiscovered music throughout the American countryside.  Of particular note is their recent obituary for Charlie Nelson, a piano man whose life in the Mississippi woods is a fascinating story and a hell of a trip through [...]

10 years ago, a Georgia State University student named Lance Ledbetter took over a college radio show about the roots of American music armed only with The Anthology of American Folk Music.  Though the collection of early folk, country, jazz, blues, and gospel was formidable enough to keep the show running for a period, Ledbetter [...]