Zelda & Scout

Tag: Americana

  • GRITS: Brittany Howard

    GRITS: Brittany Howard

    This article is part of our series “GRITS: Girls Raised in the South,” in which we profile some of our favorite Dixie ladies and the things that make them awesome. Got an idea for a fabulous femme we should feature? Shoot us an email at zeldaandscout@gmail.com! (Alliteration optional.) Name: Brittany Howard Hometown: Athens, Alabama Profession:…

  • A Cow on the Roof of a Cottonhouse, or How I Learned to Love Bluegrass

    A Cow on the Roof of a Cottonhouse, or How I Learned to Love Bluegrass

    Lawd, lawd, bring him dead or alive Open on a chain gang. Low warbling voices begin to rise over the sound of pick-axes and splitting rocks. With this sequence of sounds, I’m back, twelve years old in my den watching the sepia-toned Mississippi fields of the Coen Brothers’ finest film (in my personal opinion, anyway…though…