Andre Otha Evans With The R.L. Boyce Fife and Drum Band at Cat Head #JukeJointFest2014
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 …
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 …
Around the corner on Second Street was a keyboard-and-drums duo called The Elements, playing soul, smooth jazz and R & B. Not necessarily an official …
Down from the Cat Head stage was another stage set up near the Stone Pony Pizza where an elderly blues musician was playing. It proved …
David Kimbrough Jr. is another of the sons of Junior Kimbrough, an amazing guitarist whom we don’t see quite as often since he moved to …
Robert Kimbrough is one of the many sons of the late legendary bluesman Junior Kimbrough, and a frequent performer at the Juke Joint Fest each …
I had never heard of the blues-rock band called Charlie Patton’s War, but I was intrigued by the unusual name and I liked what I …
I had passed the Blue & White Restaurant in Tunica, Mississippi many times in my life on trips into the Mississippi Delta, but I had …
Because I had a gig of my own up in Memphis, I couldn’t stay in Clarksdale for the Saturday night activities of the Juke Joint …
The young drumline known as the Baby Blue is one of the few independent drumlines left in Memphis, a city that was once known for …
Mississippi bluesman Duwayne Burnside (R.L. Burnside’s son) performs the Mississippi Hill country standard “Rollin’ & Tumblin’” with some assistance from singer-songwriter Shannon McNally in front …