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Musicians Turn Flood Tradgedy Into Musical Inspiration

WLBT Channel 3

Jackson, MS

May 20, 2011

Down Home Recipe

September 7, 2011

"Flood Waters" on WLBT: Anna Kline and The Grits & Soul Band

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Anna Kline

May 31, 2011

Grits & Soul

Deep South Magazine

June 17, 2011
Air date 07/31/11Mary Margaret Miller talks to Anna Kline and The Grits & Soul Band. The group, based in Jackson, has a unique sound influenced by throwback Rock and Roll and roots country music. Kline and band members John Looney and Scott Anderson talk about the band's sound, their musical influences, and working together to create original songs.

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Deep Fried Kudzu

May 20, 2011

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Fox 40 & Friends

WDBD Channel 40

Jackson, MS

June 14 - 17, 2011

Flood Waters Are Rising

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August 2, 2011

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The Grits & Soul Band is a heapin' helpin' of cheese grits, bent guitar strings and Southern Soul. Chew on that.
The name "Grits & Soul" came from a James Brown instrumental album Anna found while diggin' through some record bins. It fit the bill for everything the band wanted to represent musically: roots country, honky tonk stomp, a little Memphis soul and some throwback rock and roll for good measure.Anna and John's songwriting collaboration catapulted the band to regional recognition in May 2011 with the song "Flood Waters." It documented the 2011 Mississippi River flooding and the segment aired on NBC affiliates across the South. It caught the attention of CNN reporters as well who tweeted it to their followers nationwide. The common thread Anna and the fellas share - a love for roots and soul music - lends their Americana brand of music a palpable energy and authenticity.Anna Kline is originally from Hernando, Mississippi and grew up cradled between the Mississippi Delta and Soulsville, USA. Her roots began with hymns in four part harmony, Celtic and folk music along with a major obsession with Memphis soul. Since the age of 16, the combination of a powerhouse voice coupled with a true gift for lyrical storytelling has stopped chatter in noisy coffeehouses and bars. Her voice as a songwriter crafts lyrics full of intimacy, wit and frankness as only a Southern writer can do. Anna moved to Jackson, Mississippi in 2004, to work for legendary Soul and Gospel music label Malaco Records in music licensing, and she continued to steep herself in the state's rich blues and R&B heritage. Anna's wide-ranging creative work with film, freelance writing and work around the state of Mississippi directly influences her music, songwriting and perspective. In 2011, The Grits & Soul Band was born. Anna found a kindred spirit in lead guitar player Scott Anderson (of Vernon Brothers and D'Lo Trio lineage), and they began regularly playing gigs together in the fall of 2010. In January of 2011 Scott brought Kentucky-born-and-bred John Looney into the mix with his bluegrass mandolin style whose moan and holler is straight-up Appalachia.Travis "Pink" Pinkston, joined the fray with his smokin’ upright bass that cemented their old timey Americana sound and tempered it with another layer of soul.Thus, The Grits & Soul Band was born.

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