The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940) is the début novel by the American author Carson McCullers; she was 23 at the time of publication. Set in a small town in the middle of [ … ]
Henry Derek Elis – Southern Gothic Americana Music
Tragic themes and a folk-tinged Southern Gothic Americana music sound form the basis of “The Devil Is My Friend”, the haunting full-length solo debut by Henry Derek Elis, with contributions [ … ]
Cormac McCarthy Southern Gothic Tale “Outer Dark”
A woman bears her brother’s child, a boy, the brother leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes. Discovering her brother’s lie, she sets [ … ]
Handsome Family – Gothic Folk Duo
The Handsome Family is an alternative country and Gothic Folk duo consisting of husband and wife Brett and Rennie Sparks formed in Chicago, Illinois, and currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They are perhaps best known for [ … ]
The Devil Makes Three Announces Their Fall Tour
The Devil Makes Three announces their Fall tour dates for 2018, check below for a date near you, or visit their website by clicking HERE. 8/8 – Boulder, CO – [ … ]
Lawless Soundtrack – Nick Cave Southern Gothic
Listening to 85-year-old bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley sing Captain Beefheart and Velvet Underground songs on the soundtrack to Lawless is certainly disorienting – which is the effect Nick Cave and the Bootleggers wanted for his film. [ … ]
Heathen Apostles European Tour Dates
The Heathen Apostles European tour dates have been finalized, the tour is in support of their new album Bloodgrass Vol. I & II (available from Ratchet Blade Records on LP [ … ]
The Assassination of Jesse James Soundtrack – Masterful Southern Gothic Score
The mournful tone of the 2007 film The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford is strikingly captured by the amazing Southern Gothic score by Nick Cave and [ … ]
Murder By Death & the Southern Gothic Genre
Since the band began in 2001, Murder By Death has gained a following as diverse as their musical influences. There has always been a darkly romantic atmosphere around the [ … ]
The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford – Southern Gothic Western
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a 2007 is a unique Southern Gothic Western that was written and directed by Andrew Dominik. Adapted from Ron [ … ]