Hill Country Blues in Benton County on a Very Hot Day
Just to the east of Marshall County, Mississippi is Benton County and its county seat of Ashland, which are also part of the Mississippi Hill …
The Cassie Bonner Band on the Square in Holly Springs
Although the Delta of Mississippi is known as “The Land Where Blues Began”, the area to the east known as the Hill Country produced a …
Red White & Blues: Celebrating the Fourth With R. L. Boyce in North Mississippi
Since blues is one of the unique genres of music invented in America, I can think of few better ways to spend the Fourth of …
Happy 4th Birthday to Radio Memphis
Radio Memphis is a superb internet radio station that for the last four years has been supporting Memphis music and musicians. So for their fourth …
The Rebirth of Jazz on Beale Street at The Blue Note: A Tribute to Emerson Able
Jazz is the forgotten piece of the Memphis music puzzle. People who are familiar with Isaac Hayes, Al Green or Otis Redding have likely never …
Joshua McCain and the Soul Seven at Los Cabos in Hickory Hill
A year or so ago, Joshua McCain & The Soul Seven were playing every week at a place in Hickory Hill called El Toro Loco, …
A Soulful Sunday in Southwind with the Prime Cut Band #LiveFromMemphis
Audie Smith has been well-known around Memphis as an extraordinary keyboard player, so when I saw that his band Prime Cut was playing at the …
The Shame of Horton Gardens
Back in the early 1970’s, Shelby County formed their own housing authority and built a housing project called Horton Gardens, at the dead-end of Horton …
Celebrating the Legacy of Hill Country Blues On Its Biggest Day
Although the Friday night shows had been harassed by storms, no such problem occurred on the Saturday of the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic. In …
Rain But Undampened Spirits As The North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic Kicks Off
The North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, sponsored annual at Waterford, Mississippi by Sarah and Kenny Brown, is arguably the most important annual event in the …