Seven Hours in Jackson, Mississippi
On a recent August Saturday, I had occasion to drive to Jackson, Mississippi’s capital city, and it gave me an opportunity to spend an afternoon …
Month: August 2025
Covington Scenes
My involvement with the Ruffin Theatre’s upcoming performance of the musical “Clue” has had me in Covington, Tennessee a bunch over the last few weeks, …
Remembering Como Bluesman R. L. Boyce in Como Park
Como, Mississippi bluesman R. L. Boyce knew Fred McDowell, Otha Turner and Rainey Burnett personally, and was the last of a generation of bluesmen. Like …
Both kinds of brew at Memphis’s Cooper House Project
Somehow I had never heard of the Cooper House Project. Perhaps part of the reason was that it is being designated a “brewery,” and I …