by Lynn Oldshue | May 9, 2026 | A Southern Soul
“Music started when I was five years old. My mama taught me how to play the piano, and I loved it from the beginning. The first song I learned was “Oh Come All Ye Faithful.” I grew up in Prichard, Alabama. Music was tremendously influential in our...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 3, 2026 | A Southern Soul
Leo:I’m from an Italian family, so food was always big in our house. We ate together every weekend. I grew up in Venezuela and moved to Peru. I went to culinary school there. After that, I came to Fairhope to work at the Grand Hotel, which is where I met Agustin....
by Lynn Oldshue | May 2, 2026 | A Southern Soul
“I’ve liked Selena Gomez since she was in Barney when I was probably five. That’s why I got here at three o’clock yesterday afternoon to wait for the record store to open for Record Store Day. They have one of the vinyls that I want, and I’m...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 26, 2026 | A Southern Soul
“I’m from Dauphin Island, so my family goes way back. My mother was the oldest girl of 13 children, and all of her brothers played musical instruments. They’d come in, set their whiskey bottle on the kitchen table, throw the cap away, and start...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 12, 2026 | A Southern Soul
“I even make my sandwich backwards. I put my bottom piece here and my bun here. And then whenever I eat it, my bottom piece is on top. Everything I do is backwards. My dream was to be a game warden so I could help wildlife. But when I figured out I was dyslexic and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 10, 2026 | A Southern Soul
“I believe God put me on this earth to do music and nothing else. When I was three, they asked at church if anyone wanted to sing. My mama said I jumped out of her lap, ran down the aisle, grabbed the microphone, and sang ‘Jesus Loves Me.’ From that moment on, I...
