An After-Festival Dinner at Kelly Ray’s in Pocahontas
After Eric Deaton left the stage at Bentonia, I wanted something good to eat. Not just fast food. So I had seen a new restaurant …
Bentonia Blues Festival
Hot Sun and Hot Blues at Bentonia
When the Bentonia Blues Festival outgrew its place in front of the Blue Front Cafe in downtown Bentonia, Mississippi, it moved to a former Black …
A Splash of Brilliant Color On Yazoo City’s Main Street
While driving from our hotel room in Yazoo City toward the Bentonia Blues Festival, we came into downtown Yazoo City on Main Street, looking for …
Jimmy Duck Homes’ Legendary Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia
As we headed into the Delta from Jackson, we came to the little town of Bentonia in Yazoo County. Bentonia might be small, but it’s …
The Smooth Funk Band (@mistergfunk) Brings A Modern Sound to the Bentonia Blues Festival
After a day of largely traditional blues, the younger members of the Jackson-based Smooth Funk Band brought something of a change of pace with their …
LC Ulmer-Everybody Got To Go-Live at Bentonia Blues Festival
82-year-old bluesman L C Ulmer performs at the Bentonia Blues Festival on Saturday, 6/15/13
LC Ulmer Live at the Bentonia Blues Festival 2013
Hill Country Records artist L. C. Ulmer performs at the Bentonia Blues Festival on Saturday, 6/15/13
82-Year Old L. C. Ulmer Wows the Crowd at Bentonia
L. C. Ulmer has been playing the blues for over 50 years, but he didn’t record an album until 2008’s Blues Come Yonder on Justin …
Jimmy Duck Holmes & Terry Harmonica Bean Live at Bentonia Blues Festival 2013
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes joins Terry “Harmonica” Bean on stage at the Bentonia Blues Festival on Saturday, 6/15/13
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes Joins Terry “Harmonica” Bean On Stage at Bentonia
Terry “Harmonica” Bean had been on stage for awhile when he was suddenly joined by Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, the organizer of the Bentonia Blues Festival. …