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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 …

Clarksdale Celebrates The Blues And The Juke Joint Culture That Gave It Birth

Most people throw themselves a party on their birthday, but Cat Head Delta Blues owner Roger Stolle throws one for his whole adopted hometown on …

A Wet And Busy Juke Joint Fest in Clarksdale

I usually enjoy myself quite a bit at the annual Juke Joint Fest in Clarksdale, but this year’s festival was both wet and harried, as …

Jukin’ at Cat Head in Clarksdale

Juke Joint Fest weekend in Clarksdale is generally rain-free, but the last couple of years have been an exception. 2017 was a complete wash-out, and …