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Wallace Cochran and Jeff Stolz of the band Drakkar Sauna on Saturday, April 19, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.
     
  
"Buddy Black", a rap artist outside of Birmingham, practices his lyrics at his trailer in Jasper, Ala on Friday, April 13, 2007. He raps into a microphone that is stuck through a hole in a sheet draped on one side of his small trailer. Buddy is currently receiving unemployment, and is hopeful for the future. Over the past five years he has worked odd jobs in construction, grocery stores and anything that will pay the bills. "I'll do anything to make the money i need, but I know where my passion is."
  
Local rapper MUG poses for a portrait outside of his apartment off of Whites Creek Pk., in Nashville, Tenn. on Friday, April 18, 2008.
  
     
  
   
Jason Isbell poses for a portrait near his home in Sheffield, Alabama in between solo performances throughout the country. Taking a break from playing with the Drive-By Truckers, Isbell is on the road with a new solo album on the way.
   
     
  
Wallace Cochran and Jeff Stolz of the band Drakkar Sauna on Saturday, April 19, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.
  
Larry Heard in his friend Alan Hayes's studio in Memphis, Tennessee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008.
  
Wallace Cochran and Jeff Stolz of the band Drakkar Sauna on Saturday, April 19, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
Les Getrex, originally from New Orleans, plays at B.L.U.E.S. in Chicago, Ill. on Thursday, November 17, 2006.
     
  
Charlie Love sings to the crowd at Blue Chicago in Chicago Ill., on Tuesday, November 14, 2006.