Our 25th annual Southern Music Issue is on newsstands now! For this special episode of Points South Live, we partnered with Grant’s Lounge and Visit Macon to host an evening of conversation and music exploring the legacy of one of the South’s greatest balladeers: Otis Redding. The Macon Music Revue perform ballads highlighting Georgia’s rich musical history, and the OA’s Ashley Clayborn chats with Karla Redding Andrews and Justin Andrews of the Otis Redding Foundation.

To pick up your Oxford American Ballads Issue, visit your local newsstand or OxfordAmericanGoods.org today! This episode of Points South was produced by Sara A. Lewis, Christian Leus, and Ashley Clayborn. Sound recording by Mason Mishael. Thank you to Karla Redding Andrews, Justin Andrews, and the Macon Music Revue. Post-production and score thanks to Curtis Fye and Trey Pollard of Spacebomb. 

Thank you to our sponsors: Visit Macon, Moon Hanger Group, Grant’s Lounge, The Creek 100.9 FM, and Hotel 45. Special thanks to Lisa Love with the Georgia Music Foundation and Marissa Rogers with Visit Macon. 

Visit OxfordAmerican.org/PointsSouth to find more episodes and to see more from our 2023 Southern Music Issue.