Resource Roundup #56
For the week of November 18th.
Hello Folks,
After spending most of this week swamped in deadlines, sick, and hiding out from the cold snap in my apartment, I’m emerging from the dead today and realizing it’s suddenly the latter half of November? Wild how that happens. Anyway, it might be cold, but the sun is out, I’m sitting in a new coffee shop that is already a favorite, and looking out at the still-green leaves on the trees outside. Despite it all, the world still persists. I’m grateful to be here, and I’m grateful to all of you. Thank you, as always, for reading. Some good stuff to fill your weekend, below…
Some phenomenal new music from Palmyra, a folk trio from the Virginia mountains. Love this band, and really into this song. That middle section takes me right back to my folk punk obsession in high school.
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More boundary breaking music from Amira Unplugged. Everything about this is good. Just look at those visuals! I love Southern artists, and all the ways we push narratives about this place. We’re going to change the world, I can feel it.
And because I’m full of good music recs this week, here’s new music from Joseph Decosimo, which has been described as “Cosmic Appalachia.” Yes. So much yes. I can’t explain it, but this song sounds like what home feels like to me.
As anyone who has read my work knows, I spent a lot of time these days thinking about coastal flooding and my own relationship to home in the face of it. This is an incredible piece by Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza in Oxford American about Black resilience off the coast of Georgia.
The Carrboro Film Fest is taking place this weekend, and this whole slideshow is great— all about why we need Southern-focused film and power in the hands of local storytellers.