Bio: Mark Kemp is Creative Loafing's editor-in-chief. The author of Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South, he has been writing about music, culture, politics and news for three decades. Kemp has served as entertainment editor at The Charlotte Observer, senior music editor at Rolling...Mark Kemp is Creative Loafing's editor-in-chief. The author of Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South, he has been writing about music, culture, politics and news for three decades. Kemp has served as entertainment editor at The Charlotte Observer, senior music editor at Rolling Stone, and vice president of music editorial for MTV Networks. In 1997 he received a Grammy nomination for editorial work on Farewells & Fantasies, a retrospective of songs by the '60s protest singer Phil Ochs.more
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by Jeff Hahne, Mark Kemp, Rachel Bailey, Corbie Hill, Jordan Lawrence, Mike McCray, Pat Moran, John Schacht, Samir Shukla, Emiene Wright, Jeff Hahne, Mark Kemp, Rachel Bailey, Corbie Hill, Jordan Lawrence, Mike McCray, Pat Moran, John Schacht, Samir Shukla, and Emiene Wright