Burgin Mathews is our special guest on Sunday, January 21 at 3pm with his new book, Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America. Mathews is a multitalented writer, educator, and creator of the popular radio show, The Lost Child, which showcases a wide range of downhome roots music: rhythm and blues, classic country, Southern soul, gospel, and rockabilly, to name just a few. It’s no surprise then that his new book authoritatively and engagingly recounts Birmingham’s distinctive jazz heritage. Tune in to his talk about it at The NewSouth Bookstore.