Blues In The Alley At A Crossroads?
https://goo.gl/photos/9bUDzbafHkKmwGFS9 Marshall County, Mississippi and its county seat of Holly Springs are ground zero when it comes to the subgenre known as Hill Country blues. …
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Closing Out The Blues In The Alley Series With Gerod Rayborn
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Throwing Down at the Home Place Near Como, Mississippi
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Duwayne Burnside Live at Foxfire Ranch
https://goo.gl/photos/rJexi79h1KiRqVpF6 To be one of the greatest living blues guitarists, Duwayne Burnside doesn’t get booked nearly often enough, so any opportunity to see him play …
How To Destroy A Town Part 1: Hughes, Arkansas
Hughes, Arkansas, the second-largest town in St. Francis County, has by all accounts been a resilient town. It was the home or birthplace of many …
Kingfish and Terry “Big T” Williams Rock The Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival
https://goo.gl/photos/gKxu3ekdroFrpCtR9 Founded in 1988, the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival is the older of Clarksdale’s two main annual blues festivals, but in recent years …
Celebrating the Launch of Royal Records in South Memphis
https://goo.gl/photos/QvjtGqwjvdT4YDhr5 In 1958, record store owner Joe Coughi of Poplar Tunes in Memphis decided to start a record label, and he named it Hi Records, …
Cadillac Funk and Cedric Burnside At The Levitt AMP Summer Music Series in New Albany
https://goo.gl/photos/pCjxGxZqJ2typzH2A https://goo.gl/photos/tzH1Kqs9uJQWdaae7 https://goo.gl/photos/FTbgArZaciWWN7g36 https://goo.gl/photos/8urahkq8SXfSgnf39 https://goo.gl/photos/Q9ZtYcCi4zFMRjXb8 https://goo.gl/photos/XH9pgJuZsw6L3QVD9 https://goo.gl/photos/1vuDRHDVdhkit9XT6 The Levitt Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting live music opportunities in America, especially outdoor performances. …
Celebrating The Hill Country Blues Every Thursday At Holly Springs
https://goo.gl/photos/nZzHevnKJgVTvacNA Clarksdale has become justifiably famous as the destination to hear authentic Delta blues, but Holly Springs, to the east in the Hill Country region …
Duwayne Burnside Bringing The Hill Country Blues To Overton Square
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