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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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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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. …

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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 …

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Duwayne Burnside Bringing The Hill Country Blues To Overton Square

https://goo.gl/photos/nH9DWZWm6ZLqh1ep9 https://goo.gl/photos/z1pemBob9ymTuLus5 https://goo.gl/photos/DRj35g2FVaZ9UdDx6 https://goo.gl/photos/U5BNV7UKWKtfY8hw8 https://goo.gl/photos/h3xynWPQaFdcHf5fA Despite the importance of Hill Country blues on Memphis music, and despite the short distance between Memphis and Holly Springs, …

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Juke Joint Fest: Cedric Burnside & Trenton Ayers

https://goo.gl/photos/eBLqjHjqcNWfuMsC6 https://goo.gl/photos/JATvcUY3U8kiCqub7 https://goo.gl/photos/DHvk3BKxcTGDkteN8 https://goo.gl/photos/5DCMeocig77wy6XP9 https://goo.gl/photos/MnEoDGawbuix84Q89 This year’s Juke Joint Fest culminated with a late Saturday evening show at the Delta Theatre featuring Cedric Burnside and …

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Juke Joint Fest: Robert Kimbrough Sr.

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Juke Joint Fest: Roosevelt Roberts Jr

https://goo.gl/photos/gnbsnoMSixTCe1Mu9 https://goo.gl/photos/AuQmutRvNZuDVFvXA https://goo.gl/photos/6RCT2skAS3PkYS546 https://goo.gl/photos/s3X4shn3AE2RUTtD8 https://goo.gl/photos/SDcDTVaa7jQsChuB8 The tiny town of Bentonia, Mississippi has more than its fair share of blues musicians, and one of them is …