The annual Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi has grown into one of the largest music festivals in Mississippi, with four days of live performances, …
Although Clarksdale’s Juke Joint Festival is technically only a one-day festival, the events surrounding it run over the course of four days. This year on …
R. L. Boyce is really the last of the old-school Hill Country blues musicians, and was a mentor to the young South American musician Carlos …
These Colombian musicians drew a crowd of dancers and onlookers in the middle of Sixth Street in Austin during SXSW 3/12/13
A group of Afro-Colombian musicians drew a large crowd on Sixth Street on Tuesday night 3/12/13 in Austin during SXSW. The existence of African-derived music …
Most people that are into music are familiar with African-derived musics of the Caribbean like calypso, soca and reggae. Fewer are familiar with African-derived musics from South American countries like Colombia. This musical group, known as Grupo Canalon, is an Afro-Colombian group that drew a huge crowd playing on 6th Street in Austin during SXSW.
