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Tierinii Jackson of Southern Avenue on Living Online and Why the Band Rarely Practices

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

Southern Avenue

Singer Tierinii Jackson of Memphis blues and soul band Southern Avenue talks about why saying no is just as powerful as saying yes and the importance of drinking water.

Filed Under: Blues, Interviews, Soul/R&B, Why It Matters Tagged With: Southern Avenue

Southern Avenue – Family

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 By Bill Wilcox

If you’re looking for a prescription to help get by in these darkish times, perhaps some unbridled optimism to offset the rancor that is so prevalent today, then Southern Avenue’s new Family might be just what the doctor ordered. When blues guitarist Ori Naftaly left his native Israel to compete in the International Blues Challenge […]

Filed Under: Blues, Gospel, Reviews, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Southern Avenue

Ori Naftaly of Southern Avenue on the Importance of Having a Thick Skin and a Big Heart

Tuesday, May 07, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

Southern Avenue guitarist Ori Naftaly talks about the band’s unique zip code, driving a candy truck and the struggle to find good food on the road.

Filed Under: Interviews, Soul/R&B, Why It Matters Tagged With: Southern Avenue

Friends of Twangville

Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 29?

  • Joshua Ray Walker – Ain’t Dead Yet (21%, 9 Votes)
  • Nathan Evans Fox – Heirloom (12%, 5 Votes)
  • Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan – Where the Willow and Dogwood Grow (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Willie Nelson – Dream Chaser (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane (10%, 4 Votes)
  • SUSTO – Susto Stringband (Volume 2) (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Kurt Vile – Philadelphia’s been good to me (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Alexis Harte – Thirsty (7%, 3 Votes)
  • David Serby – Broken Heart In A Honky Tonk (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Lone Piñon – Hot Carne Seca (2%, 1 Votes)
  • JP Soars – Gypsy Blue Revue (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Joey Quiñones – Inna Soul Steady Situation (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Leeroy Stagger – Pilgrimage (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Jesse and Noah – The Sunshine Shop (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Benson – Double Dose (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Amani Burhnam – Roots & Wings (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Robin Ganz – Hypnos (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Guided by Voices – Crawlspace Of The Pantheon (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck – The Fiddle and the Drum (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Gipsy Kings – Historia (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

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