KELLY: So they're bringing us some of their favorites, starting with a song called "Magnolia Blues" by Adia Victoria. Here's NPR's Ann Powers. (SOUNDBITE OF ADIA VICTORIA SONG, "MAGNOLIA BLUES") ANN ...

After a year spent in her room, barely able to see beyond the magnolia tree in her backyard in Nashville, Adia Victoria wondered what stories she’d have to tell when she emerged. Turns out she’ll have ...

Last summer, following the release of her single “South Gotta Change,” stellar poet and blues musician Adia Victoria guest-edited a cover package for the Scene, also called “South Gotta Change.” The ...

"In an unpublished manuscript in 1933, William Faulkner spoke on the Southerner's 'need to talk, to tell, since oratory is our heritage.' After a year spent in my room in Nashville, I wondered what ...

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