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An Endangered Memphis Black Drumming Tradition Featured at MMHF 2016

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Cameron Kimbrough and R. L. Boyce Bringing The Hill Country to the Memphis Music & Heritage Festival

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Throwing Down at the Home Place Near Como, Mississippi

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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

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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

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Unveiling Something Bigg At The African Place

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Chilling at Alto, the New Orleans Ace Hotel’s New Rooftop Paradise

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