Coffee Is Back In New Albany
Back in 2008, getting coffee (particularly espresso-based drinks) was not easy to do even in Tupelo, much less New Albany. The recent failure of Brew …
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More Beignets at MoBay in Midtown
To me, “MoBay” refers to Montego Bay in Jamaica, which I visited in the 1990s, so when I heard that a place was opening called …
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 …
Afternoon in Shreveport and the Strange Emptiness of a Lost Downtown
I had ridden to Shreveport with someone else, and although I wanted to eat at Orleandeaux’s now that it had opened in the old Smith’s …
Are You Up For Brunch? Shreveport Is!
Shreveport has traditionally been a great town for breakfast, which happens to be my favorite meal of the day. I had many a memorable morning …
Whistling Past The Graveyard: Helena Celebrates Amidst the Ruins
The annual King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas is one of the United States’ major blues festivals. But time has not been kind to …
Comforting Food at Brownsville’s New Nostalgic Diner
Brownsville, the county seat of Haywood County in West Tennessee is in most respects a fairly typical Southern town. It has the typical town square …
Celebrating the Blues and Juke Joint Culture in its Birthplace
Saturday April 23 was the main day of Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, a bright and sunny day, but extremely windy. In fact, the wind …
Dinner, Jazz and Dessert in Nashville
The South Central Chapter meeting of the American Musicological Society was held in March at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, and the trip gave …
Great Coffee in Little Rock’s East Village at Fidel & Company
Say “East Village” and most people probably think of New York City, but since the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library and the nearby headquarters …