Welcome back to Points South! In this first episode of our third season, OA contributor David Ramsey revisits the Old Regular Baptists of Blackey, Kentucky, to hear the congregation’s distinctive style of singing and preaching. In Old Regular Baptist churches, the human voice is the sole instrument, singing lined-out hymnody, a tradition that began in parish churches in England in the early 1600’s.  You’ll hear the voices of the Old Regular Baptists as they sing, new interviews with music scholar Jeff Titon, and Dave Ramsey’s own reflections about his experience with these rare and unique sounds. Read David’s 2017 Music Issue story on the Old Regular Baptists, “Tuned Up in the Spirit,” on our website. 

This episode was produced by Sara A. Lewis, Christian Brown, David Ramsey, and Veronica Salinas, with Christian Leus and Patrick McDermott. Adam Forrester and Sydney Nichols are our Points South interns. Recordings were captured by Christian Brown. Thanks to Mount Olivet Church in Blackey, Kentucky for inviting us to record their service and speak with their members. Special thanks to Smithsonian Folkways and Jeff Titon. Thank you to Trey Pollard and Curtis Fye at Spacebomb for post-production, score, and sound design. 

This episode is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Hear more Points South and see bonus content at https://oxfordamerican.org/pointssouth. 

In this episode of Points South Live, pioneering, transcendental indie folk band The Deer performs songs from their new release The Beautiful Undead live at Long Play Lounge East in Austin, TX. Bandmates Grace Rowland, Michael McLeod, Jesse Dalton, Alan Eckert, and Noah Jeffries join KUTX host Elizabeth McQueen to chat about making music during the pandemic, reconnecting with live audiences, and processing grief through their songs.

Points South Live is a series of live events featuring music and conversations with artists, finding resonances in creators' craft, experiences, and communities. 

This Points South Live event was produced with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and Long Play Lounge East. The episode was produced by Sara A. Lewis, Christian Brown, and Christian Leus. You can help keep events like this free by making a contribution at OxfordAmerican.org/donate.

In this episode of Points South Live, musician and songwriter Jenn Wasner performs songs from her newest release Head of Roses: Phantom Limb live at 21c Durham Museum and Hotel. Painter and collagist Clarence Heyward joins Wasner and OA Editor Danielle A. Jackson to chat about the influence Durham has had on their work, finding inspiration in lived experiences, and different approaches to creative collaboration.

Points South Live is a series of live events featuring music and conversation, produced in collaboration with 21c Museum Hotels, that brings together musicians and visual artists to find resonances in their craft, experiences, and communities. 

This Points South Live event was produced with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and 21c Durham Museum and Hotel. The episode was produced by Sara A. Lewis, Christian Brown, and Christian Leus. You can help keep events like these free by making a contribution at OxfordAmerican.org/donate.

In this episode of Points South Live, country songwriter, singer, and memoirist Margo Price plays live from 21c Nashville Museum and Hotel. Innovative multimedia painter Jodi Hays joins Price in conversation with OA Guest Editor Alice Randall, author of Black Bottom Saints, to chat about Nashville, creating while female, and turning the hard into art. 

Points South Live is a series of live events featuring music and conversation, produced in collaboration with 21c Museum Hotels, that brings together musicians and visual artists to find resonances in their craft, experiences, and communities. 

This Points South Live event was produced with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and 21c Nashville Museum and Hotel. The episode was produced by Sara A. Lewis, Christian Brown, and Christian Leus. You can help keep events like these free by making a contribution at OxfordAmerican.org/donate.

In this episode of Points South Live, blues guitarist, songwriter, and singer nichols.com/">Buffalo Nichols plays live from 21c Bentonville Museum and Hotel. Multimedia visual artist Oluwatobi Adewumi joins Nichols and University of Arkansas Black Student Caucus spokesperson Tyrah Jackson to chat about the blues, negotiating arts industries, and the Black diaspora. 

Watch a bonus interview with Oluwatobi on our website or YouTube channel.

Points South Live is a series of live events featuring music and conversation, produced in collaboration with 21c Museum Hotels, that brings together musicians and visual artists to find resonances in their craft, experiences, and communities. 

This Points South Live event was produced with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and 21c Bentonville Museum and Hotel. The episode was produced by Sara A. Lewis and Christian Brown. You can help keep events like these free by making a contribution at OxfordAmerican.org/donate.

THE PROLOGUE

The 1898 Wilmington Massacre was a violent attack on the city's thriving African American community, one of a series of coups that took place after the Civil War. Through interviews with local historians, OA contributor KaToya Ellis Fleming investigates the backlash to Wilmington's Black leadership and the legacy of the Wilmington Massacre.

IN SESSION

A performance by American folk duo Birds of Chicago from the 30A Songwriters Festival.

THE PROLOGUE

OA contributor Tess Taylor examines the world of Virginian poet Anne Spencer, contextualizing her activism and artistic output within her rich domestic life. Plus: A special broadcast from the Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum, Inc. Archives.  

IN SESSION

A performance by Richmond native and singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus from the 30A Songwriters Festival. Dacus’s latest album, Home Video, is available now. 

THE PROLOGUE

OA contributor Michelle García investigates the history of the U.S.–Mexico border and the violent response to Black Lives Matter protests in the Rio Grande Valley.

IN SESSION

A performance by Nashville-based singer-songwriter Adia Victoria from the 30A Songwriters Festival. Victoria’s latest album, A Southern Gothic, is available now.

The 22nd anniversary Oxford American music issue, guest edited by Brittany Howard, is shipping to OA subscribers now and is available at OxfordAmericanGoods.org. It hits newsstands nationwide December 1. 

Brittany Howard’s latest album Jaime and single Jaime (The Remixes) are available now.

In this episode of Points South Live, Milwaukee-based folk band Dead Horses plays from BlakeSt in Bentonville, Arkansas, and chats with Bryan and Bernice Hembree (Smokey and the Mirror), co-founders of the Fayetteville Roots Festival.

Points South Live is a collaboration between Oxford American and Fayetteville Roots that features live music recorded pre-COVID. We’ll be releasing several of these performances and conversations as bonus episodes of Points South, to bring the live music to you.

Dead Horses is Sarah Vos (vocals, guitar), Daniel Wolff (upright bass, vocals), and James Gallagher (percussion). Their latest EP, Birds, is available now.