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 …
Black fife and drum bands were once ubiquitous in the rural South, but time has not been kind to this style of music, a sort …
The second day of the annual Otha Turner Picnic in Gravel Springs near Senatobia always falls on a Saturday, and brings out a larger crowd. …
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 …
Como, Mississippi is a town of significant importance when it comes to the Hill Country style of blues, and it is a town that has …
The conventional wisdom is that there is really only one Black fife-and-drum band left in America, that of Sharde Thomas in Panola County, so it …
Given the importance of Como, Mississippi in blues history, it is surprising and saddening that there is rarely any live blues to be heard in …
After Easter morning services at my church, Easter Sunday proved to be dull indeed. I have no relatives in Memphis, my best friend had to …
Sharde Thomas and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band. Sharde also plays the piano, and incorporates other styles of music into the band’s repertoire. North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, June 25, 2011
