The official song of the state of Georgia—Hoagy Carmichael’s “Georgia on My Mind”—came into the public domain on January first, ninety-five years after the song was written. Salvation South editor Chuck Reece is here with a little history of the song—and what happened forty-six years ago, when its official state song status became law.
Get to know a new crop of Southern musicians who are taking their deeply rooted cultural influences into new territory in the 21st Century, defying all expectations of genre and subject matter. Featuring: Amythyst Kiah, BJ Barham, Chris Casey and Tommy Prine.
