Music
Jay Farrar of the band Son Volt wrote a song called "Sultana", paying tribute to "the worst American disaster of the maritime". Farrar calls the ship "the Titanic of the Mississippi" in the song, which was released on the American Central Dust album.
The Norwegian group Titanic had a hit in 1971 with an instrumental called "Sultana".
The Back Porch Majority performed a song entitled "The Great Sultana" on their album Riverboat Days.
Southaven, Mississippi born singer/songwriter Cory Branan recorded a song titled "Sultana" about the disaster.
Upstate New York singer/songwriter Jeff Stachyra released an album called The Sultana: April 27, 1865 on April 27, 2012. It recounts the days leading up to the disaster as well as the explosion and its aftermath.
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