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They're not kidding about "The Photo Issue" tag on the cover – because this issue of Wax Poetics is filled with a wealth of amazing music photos – so much so, it almost feels like one of those high-end art books, but at a fraction of the price! The issue seems much larger than before – almost 200 pages overall – and it's filled with current and classic photos of New Orleans musicians, Brazilian artists, and a fair bit of hip hoppers from back in the day! But even with all those pics, the Wax Poetics crew have still given us plenty to read here – as at least a quarter of the magazine still features text – with articles on funky Miles Davis, Max Roach, Sharon Jones, Numero Group Records, East Bay Funk, The Dragons, Beastie Boys, and others!

A great issue of Oxford American – truly "The Southern Magazine Of Good Writing" – with thoughtful and personal Points South pieces on Kris Kristofferson, Alan Lomax's Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass documentary, Tenessee Williams and the art of screaming, "Stella!" – plus great features on the what prison life does to a man, what remains of past hopes for a black utopia on Warren County, North Carolina, hunting "Hogzilla", some beautiful Texas Gulf Coast photographs by J Henry Fair, an short story by Jamie Quatro and more.