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Introducing the Austin Music Issue featuring @willienelsonmusic.bsky.social ! The 27th annual Southern Music Issue takes readers straight into the heart of Austin’s legendary live music scene. Pre-order your print edition + optional limited-edition vinyl LP now: https://rb.gy/m1p6y4
Grab your copy of the Austin LIVE! Music Issue and check out eight powerful tributes to our cover star, Willie Nelson (@willienelsonofficial) from Micah Nelson, Rodney Crowell, Brandy Clark, and more.
Read "Dear Willie" here: https://shorturl.at/HvXDs
Read "Dear Willie" here: https://shorturl.at/HvXDs
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Grab your copy of the Austin LIVE! Music Issue and check out eight powerful tributes to our cover star, Willie Nelson (@willienelsonofficial) from Micah Nelson, Rodney Crowell, Brandy Clark, and more.
Read "Dear Willie" here: https://shorturl.at/HvXDs
Read "Dear Willie" here: https://shorturl.at/HvXDs
#EyesontheSouth | The Counterpoint | John Sanderson
From the archive, John Sanderson searches for aspirationalism, the “most primordial of American traits,” in towns that have lost their regional flair.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/Eof12
From the archive, John Sanderson searches for aspirationalism, the “most primordial of American traits,” in towns that have lost their regional flair.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/Eof12
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#EyesontheSouth | The Counterpoint | John Sanderson
From the archive, John Sanderson searches for aspirationalism, the “most primordial of American traits,” in towns that have lost their regional flair.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/Eof12
From the archive, John Sanderson searches for aspirationalism, the “most primordial of American traits,” in towns that have lost their regional flair.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/Eof12
“Let’s take a spin through some Austin music zines!”
—Jennifer Hecker pulls from her personal collection and the archives of the Austin History Center to showcase a selection of zines that capture the Austin music scene through the decades.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/8epKy
—Jennifer Hecker pulls from her personal collection and the archives of the Austin History Center to showcase a selection of zines that capture the Austin music scene through the decades.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/8epKy
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“Let’s take a spin through some Austin music zines!”
—Jennifer Hecker pulls from her personal collection and the archives of the Austin History Center to showcase a selection of zines that capture the Austin music scene through the decades.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/8epKy
—Jennifer Hecker pulls from her personal collection and the archives of the Austin History Center to showcase a selection of zines that capture the Austin music scene through the decades.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/8epKy
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"Sometimes righteous and sometimes wrongous. Sometimes he glimpsed the cosmic and sometimes he fell in the shit." —David Ramsey on Blaze Foley for @oxfordamerican.bsky.social
Ain’t It a Cold, Cold, World?
David Ramsey shares a collection of nineteen stories about country music singer-songwriter Blaze Foley.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"Sometimes righteous and sometimes wrongous. Sometimes he glimpsed the cosmic and sometimes he fell in the shit." —David Ramsey on Blaze Foley for @oxfordamerican.bsky.social
OA Multimedia Editor Patrick D. McDermott introduces our Austin LIVE! Music Issue, sharing how Austin’s music can be found in unexpected places. Dedicated to the Live Music Capital of the World’s stages and the spaces in between—read the prologue here: https://shorturl.at/83IQj
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
OA Multimedia Editor Patrick D. McDermott introduces our Austin LIVE! Music Issue, sharing how Austin’s music can be found in unexpected places. Dedicated to the Live Music Capital of the World’s stages and the spaces in between—read the prologue here: https://shorturl.at/83IQj
It’s Newsstand Day! The Austin LIVE! Music Issue is now available at your favorite local bookstores or at OxfordAmericanGoods.org!
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Southern gifts for good reading, listening and living. Curated by the editors of Oxford American magazine. All purchases support The Oxford American Literary Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organizati...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It’s Newsstand Day! The Austin LIVE! Music Issue is now available at your favorite local bookstores or at OxfordAmericanGoods.org!
The tracklist is here! The Austin LIVE! Compilation Album features 14 live recordings—some released for the first time on record—from legendary Austin musicians like Willie Nelson, Black Pumas, Gary Clark Jr., and Patty Griffin. Place your order now: shorturl.at/HlPUu
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The tracklist is here! The Austin LIVE! Compilation Album features 14 live recordings—some released for the first time on record—from legendary Austin musicians like Willie Nelson, Black Pumas, Gary Clark Jr., and Patty Griffin. Place your order now: shorturl.at/HlPUu
#EyesontheSouth | The Moviegoer | Jared Raglandi
In this feature from the archive, Ragland “imagines an era of the city’s history when single-screen movie theaters dotted New Orleans.”
🔗: https://tinyurl.com/55kmu7x7
In this feature from the archive, Ragland “imagines an era of the city’s history when single-screen movie theaters dotted New Orleans.”
🔗: https://tinyurl.com/55kmu7x7
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#EyesontheSouth | The Moviegoer | Jared Raglandi
In this feature from the archive, Ragland “imagines an era of the city’s history when single-screen movie theaters dotted New Orleans.”
🔗: https://tinyurl.com/55kmu7x7
In this feature from the archive, Ragland “imagines an era of the city’s history when single-screen movie theaters dotted New Orleans.”
🔗: https://tinyurl.com/55kmu7x7
“I think music is one way to show people how much more we all have in common.”
—Adrian Quesada, member of Black Pumas, is profiled by Frederick McKindra in our upcoming Austin Music Issue, which is available for pre-order and will hit newsstands December 9.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/JO61N
—Adrian Quesada, member of Black Pumas, is profiled by Frederick McKindra in our upcoming Austin Music Issue, which is available for pre-order and will hit newsstands December 9.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/JO61N
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“I think music is one way to show people how much more we all have in common.”
—Adrian Quesada, member of Black Pumas, is profiled by Frederick McKindra in our upcoming Austin Music Issue, which is available for pre-order and will hit newsstands December 9.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/JO61N
—Adrian Quesada, member of Black Pumas, is profiled by Frederick McKindra in our upcoming Austin Music Issue, which is available for pre-order and will hit newsstands December 9.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/JO61N
For Giving Tuesday, we’re giving away a test pressing of the Austin LIVE! Vinyl! Every donation, Austin Music Issue purchase, or merch order made TODAY enters you into a chance to win! Order here: shorturl.at/HlPUu
Pre-Order | Issue 131: Austin Music Issue
The 27th annual Oxford American Southern Music Issue will be devoted to another fascinating and complex American city: Austin, Texas. The magazine will explore the historical context that gave rise to...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
For Giving Tuesday, we’re giving away a test pressing of the Austin LIVE! Vinyl! Every donation, Austin Music Issue purchase, or merch order made TODAY enters you into a chance to win! Order here: shorturl.at/HlPUu
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This year’s @oxfordamerican.bsky.social Southern Music Issue arrived today along w/ their sampler on vinyl. I’ve only missed 1 issue since ‘98, the 1st not to include a CD but playlists instead. The ‘98 issue, which included an alternate take of a new R.E.M. track is how I 1st heard of the magazine.
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This year’s @oxfordamerican.bsky.social Southern Music Issue arrived today along w/ their sampler on vinyl. I’ve only missed 1 issue since ‘98, the 1st not to include a CD but playlists instead. The ‘98 issue, which included an alternate take of a new R.E.M. track is how I 1st heard of the magazine.
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I’ve held a subscription to @oxfordamerican.bsky.social for over 20 years. Their annual Southern music issues are always well crafted. And it’s worth the extra cash to buy the vinyl accompaniment.
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I’ve held a subscription to @oxfordamerican.bsky.social for over 20 years. Their annual Southern music issues are always well crafted. And it’s worth the extra cash to buy the vinyl accompaniment.
“For Moon, para-fiction is a graceful entry point into taking basketball seriously.”
—In this feature article from @burnaway.org, Isabella Marie Garcia profiles conceptual artist Najja Moon, creator of the para-fictional WNBA franchise, the Miami VIS.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/lky5O
—In this feature article from @burnaway.org, Isabella Marie Garcia profiles conceptual artist Najja Moon, creator of the para-fictional WNBA franchise, the Miami VIS.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/lky5O
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“For Moon, para-fiction is a graceful entry point into taking basketball seriously.”
—In this feature article from @burnaway.org, Isabella Marie Garcia profiles conceptual artist Najja Moon, creator of the para-fictional WNBA franchise, the Miami VIS.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/lky5O
—In this feature article from @burnaway.org, Isabella Marie Garcia profiles conceptual artist Najja Moon, creator of the para-fictional WNBA franchise, the Miami VIS.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/lky5O
Make your dollars count this Cyber Monday by supporting the Oxford American! We’re aiming to sell 5,120 copies of the Austin LIVE! Music Issue before the year ends. Grab a copy for yourself and gift one to five of your friends: shorturl.at/HlPUu
Pre-Order | Issue 131: Austin Music Issue
The 27th annual Oxford American Southern Music Issue will be devoted to another fascinating and complex American city: Austin, Texas. The magazine will explore the historical context that gave rise to...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Make your dollars count this Cyber Monday by supporting the Oxford American! We’re aiming to sell 5,120 copies of the Austin LIVE! Music Issue before the year ends. Grab a copy for yourself and gift one to five of your friends: shorturl.at/HlPUu
#EyesontheSouth | South Texas Souls | Jenelle Esparza
In this feature from the archive, Esparza explores records of history as she captures “small, intimate glimpses into lived experiences that highlight a complex and under-told history of Texas.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/R5tsh
In this feature from the archive, Esparza explores records of history as she captures “small, intimate glimpses into lived experiences that highlight a complex and under-told history of Texas.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/R5tsh
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#EyesontheSouth | South Texas Souls | Jenelle Esparza
In this feature from the archive, Esparza explores records of history as she captures “small, intimate glimpses into lived experiences that highlight a complex and under-told history of Texas.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/R5tsh
In this feature from the archive, Esparza explores records of history as she captures “small, intimate glimpses into lived experiences that highlight a complex and under-told history of Texas.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/R5tsh
This Small Business Saturday, support Southern voices.
We’re on a mission to sell 5,120 copies of our Austin LIVE! Music Issue to help fund another year of the Oxford American. Show us your support here: shorturl.at/edyHm
We’re on a mission to sell 5,120 copies of our Austin LIVE! Music Issue to help fund another year of the Oxford American. Show us your support here: shorturl.at/edyHm
Pre-Order | Issue 131: Austin Music Issue
The 27th annual Oxford American Southern Music Issue will be devoted to another fascinating and complex American city: Austin, Texas. The magazine will explore the historical context that gave rise to...
shorturl.at
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This Small Business Saturday, support Southern voices.
We’re on a mission to sell 5,120 copies of our Austin LIVE! Music Issue to help fund another year of the Oxford American. Show us your support here: shorturl.at/edyHm
We’re on a mission to sell 5,120 copies of our Austin LIVE! Music Issue to help fund another year of the Oxford American. Show us your support here: shorturl.at/edyHm
“In popular culture, name dropping the sweet potato conveys a certain downhome specificity.”
—From the archive, @ayanacontreras.bsky.social shares “Sweet Potato Sounds” as she shares its history and appearances in music, movies, and memoirs.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/vuiJ3
—From the archive, @ayanacontreras.bsky.social shares “Sweet Potato Sounds” as she shares its history and appearances in music, movies, and memoirs.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/vuiJ3
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“In popular culture, name dropping the sweet potato conveys a certain downhome specificity.”
—From the archive, @ayanacontreras.bsky.social shares “Sweet Potato Sounds” as she shares its history and appearances in music, movies, and memoirs.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/vuiJ3
—From the archive, @ayanacontreras.bsky.social shares “Sweet Potato Sounds” as she shares its history and appearances in music, movies, and memoirs.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/vuiJ3
“As an eighty-nine-year-old, he doesn’t look a day over eighty-eight. Weak lungs or not, he still sings like an angel.”
—From the archive, David Kirby speaks to the longevity of Willie Nelson, citing taekwondo and playing guitar as means of self-care.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/G4faD
—From the archive, David Kirby speaks to the longevity of Willie Nelson, citing taekwondo and playing guitar as means of self-care.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/G4faD
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“As an eighty-nine-year-old, he doesn’t look a day over eighty-eight. Weak lungs or not, he still sings like an angel.”
—From the archive, David Kirby speaks to the longevity of Willie Nelson, citing taekwondo and playing guitar as means of self-care.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/G4faD
—From the archive, David Kirby speaks to the longevity of Willie Nelson, citing taekwondo and playing guitar as means of self-care.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/G4faD
“This music was the glue that made Austin groove.”
—From the archive, Bill Bentley dives into Charlie Sexton’s career, starting with his debut performance at the Continental Club the day before he turned ten years old.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/KXtl1
—From the archive, Bill Bentley dives into Charlie Sexton’s career, starting with his debut performance at the Continental Club the day before he turned ten years old.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/KXtl1
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“This music was the glue that made Austin groove.”
—From the archive, Bill Bentley dives into Charlie Sexton’s career, starting with his debut performance at the Continental Club the day before he turned ten years old.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/KXtl1
—From the archive, Bill Bentley dives into Charlie Sexton’s career, starting with his debut performance at the Continental Club the day before he turned ten years old.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/KXtl1
#EyesontheSouth | Ark-La-Tex | Cody Cobb
From the archive, photographer Cody Cobb captures scenes he “discovered while exploring dirt roads, abandonments, swamps, and pine forests of northwest Louisiana, east Texas, and south Arkansas.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/X53Ib
From the archive, photographer Cody Cobb captures scenes he “discovered while exploring dirt roads, abandonments, swamps, and pine forests of northwest Louisiana, east Texas, and south Arkansas.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/X53Ib
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#EyesontheSouth | Ark-La-Tex | Cody Cobb
From the archive, photographer Cody Cobb captures scenes he “discovered while exploring dirt roads, abandonments, swamps, and pine forests of northwest Louisiana, east Texas, and south Arkansas.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/X53Ib
From the archive, photographer Cody Cobb captures scenes he “discovered while exploring dirt roads, abandonments, swamps, and pine forests of northwest Louisiana, east Texas, and south Arkansas.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/X53Ib
The Austin LIVE! Music Issue is shipping out now! We’re excited for you all to experience this special issue, limited-edition LP, and merch collection. Get yours today for delivery straight to your door.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/6v16P
🔗: https://shorturl.at/6v16P
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Austin LIVE! Music Issue is shipping out now! We’re excited for you all to experience this special issue, limited-edition LP, and merch collection. Get yours today for delivery straight to your door.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/6v16P
🔗: https://shorturl.at/6v16P
“No single disc’s worth of songs can claim to capture the many inflections of the Texas sound.”
—From the archive, Rick Clark compiles a list of 25 tracks containing notes of the American experience and the Texas borderlands.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/e4UPf
—From the archive, Rick Clark compiles a list of 25 tracks containing notes of the American experience and the Texas borderlands.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/e4UPf
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“No single disc’s worth of songs can claim to capture the many inflections of the Texas sound.”
—From the archive, Rick Clark compiles a list of 25 tracks containing notes of the American experience and the Texas borderlands.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/e4UPf
—From the archive, Rick Clark compiles a list of 25 tracks containing notes of the American experience and the Texas borderlands.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/e4UPf
“I treated each person with an equal measure of respect and dignity, a photographic utopia.”
—Arkansas-based photographer Andrew Kilgore is profiled by @jbesonen.bsky.social as he shares the backstories behind 1970s photographs of Fayetteville and the Ozarks.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/Vhbqj
—Arkansas-based photographer Andrew Kilgore is profiled by @jbesonen.bsky.social as he shares the backstories behind 1970s photographs of Fayetteville and the Ozarks.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/Vhbqj
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“I treated each person with an equal measure of respect and dignity, a photographic utopia.”
—Arkansas-based photographer Andrew Kilgore is profiled by @jbesonen.bsky.social as he shares the backstories behind 1970s photographs of Fayetteville and the Ozarks.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/Vhbqj
—Arkansas-based photographer Andrew Kilgore is profiled by @jbesonen.bsky.social as he shares the backstories behind 1970s photographs of Fayetteville and the Ozarks.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/Vhbqj
“I cannot help but wonder what stories are not written today—not for a lack of a willing author, but due to an imperiled free press.”
—Lauren Stroh details “The Angolite,” the prison news magazine produced within Louisiana’s State Penitentiary.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/QqC9U
—Lauren Stroh details “The Angolite,” the prison news magazine produced within Louisiana’s State Penitentiary.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/QqC9U
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“I cannot help but wonder what stories are not written today—not for a lack of a willing author, but due to an imperiled free press.”
—Lauren Stroh details “The Angolite,” the prison news magazine produced within Louisiana’s State Penitentiary.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/QqC9U
—Lauren Stroh details “The Angolite,” the prison news magazine produced within Louisiana’s State Penitentiary.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/QqC9U
#EyesontheSouth | Florida Boys | Josh Aronson
In his five-year photographic project, Florida-based artist Aronson “broadens what boyhood can look like: gentle, vulnerable, and rooted in place.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/Bhmpl
In his five-year photographic project, Florida-based artist Aronson “broadens what boyhood can look like: gentle, vulnerable, and rooted in place.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/Bhmpl
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#EyesontheSouth | Florida Boys | Josh Aronson
In his five-year photographic project, Florida-based artist Aronson “broadens what boyhood can look like: gentle, vulnerable, and rooted in place.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/Bhmpl
In his five-year photographic project, Florida-based artist Aronson “broadens what boyhood can look like: gentle, vulnerable, and rooted in place.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/Bhmpl