A House of Blues Restored ‘Ma’ Rainey’s Columbus Home is Sweet Again By Fred C. Fussell After years of neglect and nearly collapsing into a scrambled heap of rubble, and after decades of being in a state of unrestored limbo, the Gertrude “Ma” Rainey House in Columbus is finally all dressed up and ready to rock. When Gertrude “Ma” Rainey ended her...

Take My Hand, Lead Me Home The Life and Legacy of the Rev. Thomas Andrew Dorsey By Rev. Billy C. Wirtz Augusta, Ga., May 1970: I’m sitting in the Bell Auditorium watching Robert Blair of the Violinaires “walking the crowd.” A single spotlight shines down upon his glistening processed hair and dances off his tangerine-colored alligator shoes. A pool of...

What does it mean when one of the world’s biggest bands remains LOCAL? By Chris Hassiotis Georgia’s an ocean away, and you’re a long way from home. You’ve found your way out of the tightly bound music town of Athens, if only for a little while, and you’re on a bus speeding across the Spanish plains. You reach into your bag for your iPod, eager for a...