An Evansville Sunset at The Rooftop, and Eric Gales Live in Henderson, Kentucky
Duwayne Burnside’s biggest show of 2021 was at the W. C. Handy Music Festival in Henderson, Kentucky in June, a festival which is billed as …
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A Friday Evening in Jackson, Tennessee
I was supposed to meet a friend for dinner in Brownsville, so I headed out Highway 70 from Bartlett, and stopped in Mason, Tennessee to …
Duwayne Burnside and Ms. Nikki at a Really Big Backyard Party in Holly Springs
One week after the earlier graduation party, there was an even bigger outdoor backyard party in Holly Springs, this one at a large house north …
Hill Country Blues at a Graduation Party in Holly Springs
Marshall County, Mississippi is one of those out-of-the-way places in the South where old traditions and ways have retained a foothold. The county is the …
Remembering the Kimbrough Blues Legacy In Holly Springs
After a year’s hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kimbrough Cotton Patch Soul Blues Festival returned to Holly Springs, Mississippi in May of 2021, …
Duwayne Burnside Brings The Hill Country Blues to Memphis at Railgarten
Duwayne Burnside is one of the sons of the late R. L. Burnside, and is a living legend of the Hill Country blues tradition in …
Juke Joint Fest: Johnny Rawls at Hambone and Kent Burnside at Gentleman Lyfe
After Sherena Boyce and myself attended the Jimmy “Duck” Holmes party behind Sean “Bad” Apple’s juke joint in Clarksdale, we went different directions. She wanted …
Juke Joint Fest: Sean Bad Apple’s Private Backyard Party With Jimmy Duck Holmes
Although the scheduled outdoor shows ended at 5 PM, Sean “Bad” Apple, who recently converted the old Club 2000 on Issaquena Avenue into the Bad …
Juke Joint Fest: Strength Lies Within
Getting dinner in Clarksdale can be difficult during Juke Joint Festival, so this year I called ahead and made reservations at Levon’s so my friend …
Juke Joint Fest: “You Will Have To Meet That Man”: R. L. Boyce Closes Out The Festival Day Beside the Sunflower River
Como, Mississippi bluesman R. L. Boyce is one of the last living musicians of the first generation of the Hill Country, and on Juke Joint …