Rev. John Wilkins at the All-New Loflin Yard
https://goo.gl/photos/aStT7dZtHcHXynji7 I used to pass the old Loflin Safe & Lock Company on Carolina Avenue in Memphis for years, and never thought much about it, …
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Unveiling Something Bigg At The African Place
https://goo.gl/photos/ZzQFQhJgt4SBCz5g9 https://goo.gl/photos/hbmU3n1x1Lrdn49XA https://goo.gl/photos/2vnwgeEe62LxSFS48 https://goo.gl/photos/ywUn2cbfwR6U9vwu8 https://goo.gl/photos/drV2Z3uepJjBfFaf9 My homeboy Otis Logan is one of Memphis’ best young drummers, so when he told me he would be playing …
R. L. Boyce Brings The Hill Country to NOLA
https://goo.gl/photos/8P5PsGjXipFdkNhy8 The good folks at Ponderosa Stomp, otherwise known as the Mystic Knights of the Mau Mau, don’t stop at putting on a wonderful roots …
Guitar Lightnin’ Lee At The All-New Three Keys Lounge at Ace Hotel Nola
https://goo.gl/photos/rMmSxYJFBm9KQvRT6 New Orleans might be America’s music capital, but it’s not the place we think of much when it comes to blues. We revel in …
Celebrating Eric Deaton’s Birthday at the Crawdad Hole in Water Valley
https://goo.gl/photos/9TFXUbecFScFp5nk8 https://goo.gl/photos/GC44X3V2cd5hb1rd9 https://goo.gl/photos/563Aw4qgSXKgrrnj9 https://goo.gl/photos/n1kbE3swennUavGP9 https://goo.gl/photos/vFDFchT6npp994vJ6 https://goo.gl/photos/vAsPh3SESLhS244h9 https://goo.gl/photos/w3uEYjGtDaMAfYcT9 https://goo.gl/photos/bR6NbaF1gKCZpjEM9 Usually people don’t celebrate their birthdays by working, but that is what Hill Country guitarist Eric Deaton …
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 …
Juke Joint Fest: Robert Kimbrough Sr.
https://goo.gl/photos/GDnfehJytXzUq8id9 https://goo.gl/photos/9fxrhdiy2A4KBwto9 https://goo.gl/photos/Gt2jEowPgLDh1Ah29 https://goo.gl/photos/s4jteaUNAD1CeVUz7 https://goo.gl/photos/UVkm22dYN7mP4J1GA https://goo.gl/photos/549twFyBTWqjD5rJA https://goo.gl/photos/QuH2v3y5bcnL463bA Although Clarksdale is in the Delta, visitors to the Juke Joint Fest love some Hill Country blues as …
A Preview Party For The Juke Joint Fest at Tin Roof Memphis
Every April, the Juke Joint Festival takes over Clarksdale, Mississippi, bringing blues fans from all over the world to the small city in the Mississippi …
Crawfish and Hill Country Blues in Memphis’ Overton Square
Mention crawfish and most people will immediately think of Louisiana, but the “mudbug” is a popular sign of spring throughout the South, and Memphis is …