by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 9, 2016 | A Southern Soul
Music started with the first time I heard “Smokestack Lightning.” Holy shit, what is that? The blues has always been beguiling, magical, mysterious, sexy and voodoo. Mississippi was exotic and wild compared to the straightforwardness of England and the end of the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 9, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“My name is Emmanuel from the Ottoman Empire. I am on my way to Heather’s party. You don’t have to do anything. You just disappear as a rainbow and reappear in the magic city of Oz.” “What does that mean?” “That means this is...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 8, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“I never meant to run away and join the circus, but my friend took me to a class the week I moved to Brooklyn. I moved to New York because I needed a fresh start. Dance was the original plan, but I had an injury and couldn’t dance. I freelanced with...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 8, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“I was in the Navy for over four years. I was supposed to be on the submarine the USS Miami, but I was put on medical hold. I went to school to work on submarines because someone came to my school and talked about it. It’s a tighter-knit community than...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 7, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“My mom was caterer and I have a passion to please people. I like watching people light up over food and I have developed many friendships over food. I traveled a lot on the West Coast and went to restaurants and picked up on dishes, recipes, or colors and that...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 6, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“We biked 21 miles and it took us 45 minutes. It is a fun, relaxing thing to do and it frees your mind.” “What goes through your mind for 21 miles” “Taylor Swift, ‘Shake it Off.’ I am hurting, but shake it off.”...