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A Day of Blues at Fordyce’s Cotton Belt Festival

It is often hard to be a journalist or observer and also a working musician within the scene I am trying to document. But I …

Celebrating the Legendary Blues Researcher Axel Kustner in West Point, Mississippi

German blues researcher Axel Kustner was one of the last blues field workers to comb the southern United States looking for bluesmen, and he was …

The Blues is Front and Center on Clarksdale’s Biggest Day

Most people’s friends throw them a party on their birthday, but Roger Stolle, the owner of Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art throws the …

An Old-Fashioned Political Rally in Slayden, Mississippi

Political rallies used to be a ubiquitous feature of late summer in Southern counties, and the old tradition continues in rural counties like Marshall County, …