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USATODAY.com
USA Today picked ten intriguing music tracks listened to this
past week….. Eden Brent made the list with a track from her
upcoming album - “Ain’t Got No Troubles” - to be officially
released----September 7, 2010... Read
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Jackson Clarion Ledger
On Friday the festival features local acts including Delta
Blues Museum music instructor Bill "Howl-N-Madd"
Perry, Robert "Bilbo" Walker and James "Super
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Jackson Clarion Ledger
This weekend in the Delta town of Clarksdale, officials and
music fans will ... of Fame marker will be unveiled for him
at the Delta Blues Museum later today. ... Read
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Clarksdale Press Register
Tillis, an educator and local blues historian who once played
trumpet in Turner's ... sidewalk marker later Friday afternoon
near the Delta Blues Museum ... Read
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Sun Herald
Another Walk of Fame marker will be unveiled for him at the
Delta Blues Museum later that day. Veal, who also played drums
at times in Turner's Kings of ... Read
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Business Clarksville
The community is home to a great deal of Blues History, all
of which can be accessed at the Delta Blues Museum and at
historical sites throughout the area. ... Read
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The Huffington Post
At the Delta Blues Museum, crowds are growing steadily with
people from every state and dozens of countries flooding in
to visit the historically rich region... Read
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CNN's Tom Foreman
At the excellent Delta Blues Museum here I walked around and
looked at their pictures, their guitars, and more. Then I
sat down and chatted with a regular ... Read
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You can find the Delta Blues
Museum in the "Blues Highway, Clarksdale, MS" chapter of the
publication "1,000 Places to See Before You Die", by the author
Patricia Schultz.
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Jackson Clarion Ledger
The session at the Delta Blues Museum is free. "The weekend
celebrates the range and richness of Southern culture, in
the flesh, in Clarksdale, Mississippi, ...
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"Blues, Booze & BBQ" is
Michael's first book but he has a very strong portfolio of images
that you can see at his website.
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Country music star Randy Houser recently filmed a video
of his new single, "Whistlin' Dixie" in Clarksdale.
Randy wanted...
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Twice as Nice - Down in
Mississippi to be released at the Chicago Blues Festival
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Benefit
(in Tampa, FL) to raise money for a Willie Brown grave marker
in Tunica, MS!
The event will take place September 26th 2010 at Ricks's On
The River, in Tampa Florida.
2305 N. Willow Ave. Tampa, Florida |
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The Delta Blues Museum
regrets to announce that Lil' Dave Thompson was killed in
a car accident on Sunday, February 14, 2010, on his way home
from playing the Blues Bash at Fiery Ron's in Charleston,
SC. Read
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Photos
from 2010 Blues Hall of Fame induction ceremony May 5, 2010,
Blues Foundation, Marriott Hotel, Memphis
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KTVU San Francisco
Good blues museums include the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale
and the Blues Heritage Museum and Gallery in Greenwood. The
wail of live blues can be heard ...
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Jackson, Mississippi (April 15,
2010) - On May 6 and 7, 2010, Mississippi will join Amtrak
in celebrating National Train Day with a series of whistle
stops and other events around the state.
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Mississippi Slim died this morning April 14, 2010 around 7
am at Delta Regional Medical Center(Greenville, MS) of natural
causes. |
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Clarksdale Press Register
He met famed bluesman David "Honeyboy" Edwards at the Delta
Blues Museum (DBM) during Edwards' talk last Friday.
Edwards signed his name on Sherman's ...
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Funeral Arrangements Saturday, April 24th Pilgrim
Rest Baptist Church 217 Third Street Greenville, MS 12 noon |
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Clarksdale
Press Register
From there, additional events travel down the street and include
"Conversations with Honeyboy Edwards" at the Delta
Blues Museum and a "Theo The Boogieman" ...
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San
Francisco Chronicle
Stolle said Edwards will play two sets and give a question-and-answer
session on Friday at 3 pm at the Delta Blues Museum with a
show called, ...
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Jackson
Clarion Ledger
At 3 pm on Friday there will be a public interview at the
Delta Blues Museum of 94-year-old Delta bluesman David "Honeyboy"
Edwards, who will be performing ...
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On the heels of his 2009 "Best Guitar Player of the Year"
award from the Bay Area Blues Society, Mississippi bluesman
Terry "Big T" Williams is slated to release a brand-new
album on a brand-new label in late March. Entitled "Jump
Back, Big T's in the House," the CD will signal a new
phase in Williams' storied musical career.
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Downbeat Daily News
Students who want to study the style of blues piano’s most
venerated living master will have a hands-on learning experience
at the Pinetop Perkins Foundation’s inaugural youth workshop
series.
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The vivid work of New Orleans-based
music and fine arts photographer Erika Molleck Goldring will
be featured in an upcoming exhibit of new photos, “Performance
Portraiture,” in the Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery at
Loyola University New Orleans.
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52nd Grammy Awards, Jan 31, 2010
Traditional Blues Album: A Stranger Here,
Ramblin Jack ElliottContemporary Blues Album:
Already Free, The Derek Trucks BandTraditional
R&B Vocal Performance: Beyonce', "At
Last"Pop Instrumental Album: Potato Hole,
Booker T. JonesTraditional Gospel Album:
Oh Happy Day, Various Artists (includes Mavis Staples,
Aaron Neville, Al Green, Robert Randolph with mainstream artists)Historical
Album: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967),
Little Walter. Congratulations to both the winners and all
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Willie "Rip" Butler, a local musician
and member of the Wesley Jefferson Southern Soul & Blues
Band has recently been hospitalized due to heart problems.
After going to the emergency room, he learned that two of
his arteries are 100% blocked and another one is 75% blocked.
He is currently at home until he is able to have heart surgery.
It is uncertain if he will be able to return to work. Cards
and donations may be sent to:
Rip Butler
PO Box 831
Shelby, MS 38774 |
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The Delta
Blues Museum mourns the loss of Willie Mitchell, a record
producer, label head and musician who worked with Al Green
and many others. He died Tuesday, Jan. 5 at Methodist University
Hospital in Memphis. He was 81.
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a new Web section that outlines the life
and art of Muddy Waters, has been posted to the Delta Blues
Museum's site. It is designed to give a vivid, graphic overview
of the essential facts of the blues master's life and musical
highlights. Learn about his career as his talent takes him
from birth in Rolling Fork, Mississippi to career capstone
concerts in London, England. The addition is the first in
a series that will chronicle the life and work of major blues
figures represented in the Delta Blues Museum.
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Legacy
Podcasts celebrates Black History Month 2009 with 28 features
in 28 days, saluting some of the greatest African-American
pop, jazz, soul and blues musicians. Buddy Guy, Sam Cooke
and more.
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John Lee
Hooker's "Boogie Chillen" was added to this year's
National Recording Registry today.
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Miss Sarah Moore of Sarah's Kitchen & Blues Club
on Sunflower Avenue in downtown Clarksdale was killed this
morning (October 30) in an early morning traffic accident
on Highway 61. |
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The Delta Blues Museum is saddened to announce the loss
of the legendary Sam Carr. Born Sam Lee McCollum, the son
of Robert Lee McCollum (the legendary slide guitar player
Robert Nighthawk) he was adopted by the Carr family at an
early age. Sam is best known for his longtime association
with Frank Frost & the Jelly Roll Kings. He was preceded
in death last November by his wife of sixty-seven years,
Doris Carr. Sam was 83.
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US soul sensation Eli “Paperboy” Reed has announced
the release of his brand new album, Come And Get It. It will
be the follow-up to his first two independently-released albums
(Sings Walkin' and Talkin and Other Smash Hits! and Roll With
You), Come And Get It is Reed’s major-label debut.
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www.deltabluesmuseum.org, was awarded a "gold" certification
in the Corporate Design, small budget, multimedia category,
by the Southeastern Museums Conference at their annual meeting,
held in Charleston, West Virginia. The current site was designed
by Quimby Vance of E.Q. Design, with site mapping, copywriting
and editing, and research by John Howell of Greenland Inc.
Site building was performed by the design team at Verity Internet. |
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The “Rhythm &
Roots Invitation”, designed by James Tootle, was awarded
Honorable Mention in the Corporate Design, small budget, invitations
category. The Delta Blues Museum Website, designed by
EQ Design, Greenland Marketing, and Verity Internet was awarded
GOLD in the Corporate Design, small budget, multimedia category. |
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The music of the Jelly
Roll Kings -- Mr. Carr, guitarist Jack Johnson and pianist/harp
player Frank Frost -- was raw electric Delta blues; a reminder
of a time when such music was made in Mississippi and Arkansas'
rural roadhouses, "juke joints" that hosted gambling
and often served moonshine whiskey.
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CLARKSDALE – Broadway stars,
regional artists, scholars and fledgling actors from high
schools across Mississippi are waiting in the wings to take
center stage Oct. 16-17 at the 17th annual Mississippi Delta
Tennessee Williams Festival.
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Dorothy
Moore will start a musical tour October 1, 2009 for eighteen
days. She will be performing dates with the David Gest My
Life Concert Extravaganza. Moore, best known for her song
Misty Blue, will join pop and soul artists like Russell Tompkins
Jr. and the New Stylistics, Percy Sledge, Billy Paul, Peabo
Bryson, James Ingram, Jean Knight, Deniece Williams, William
Bell and others.
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The Board and Staff of the Delta
Blues Museum is saddened by the news of the loss of Koko
Taylor.
She performed in Clarksdale at the
Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival and the Delta
Blues Museum Gala. She will be missed.
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- Ticketing will only be done at
the Main Stage. Tickets for this year’s event will
cost $5 a day and $10 for a three-day pass.
- All other stages and areas of the
festival, including vendors, will be open to the general
public.
- Tickets are available for presale
online and in Food Giant and Tobacco Warehouse stores
starting September 10.
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The Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival is
recognized internationally for its stellar lineups, but many
fans head to Clarksdale this weekend...
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He had been suffering
from cancer. Cards and donations may be sent to Mr. Wesley's
widow: Mrs. Sarah Carr, 737 Maple Street, Clarksdale, MS 38614.
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- Delta
Blues Museum Students to be Featured
The Mississippi Valley State University Ninth Annual
B.B. King Blues workshop is scheduled for Friday, June 5,
beginning at 9 a.m.
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Hello Picnic Fans, It's that time of year again. We're working
hard to get ready for the Picnic and once again I'm asking
for your help to spread the word, the press release is below
so send to everyone in your address book!
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Unveiling party
set July 3 at Ground Zero Blues Club. |
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In Clarksdale, Miss., they saw guitars of bluesmen Robert
Johnson and BB King, and remnants of Muddy Waters' birthplace
at the Delta Blues Museum.
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Falconi's
work has taken him across the country, especially the South
and Clarksdale, Miss., the crossroads and the home of the
Delta Blues Museum.
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Twelve journalism students in the
Loyola University New Orleans College of Social Sciences are
on an eight-day tour of the Mississippi Delta, in search of
stories and photos along its historic blues trails.
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The
Board and Staff of the Delta Blues Museum is saddened by the
news of the loss of Koko Taylor. She
performed in Clarksdale at the Sunflower River Blues &
Gospel Festival and the Delta Blues Museum Gala. She will
be missed.
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June 10, 1965 - April 7, 2009
The Delta Blues Museum is saddened by the loss of Michael
"Dr. Mike" James. Born in Shaw, MS June 10, 1965,
Michael was a longtime member
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NewOrleans.Com - New Orleans,La.,USA
It's 3 pm on a Monday at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale,
Miss., and students are trickling in for the Delta Blues Arts
and Education Program...
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Son of Mississippi, Citizen of the World - OPENING RECEPTION
- APRIL 21
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Boston, April 22, 2009 –
PJ Walker, from Clarksdale, and Demetrius Williams, from Brookhaven,
both 18, will spend five weeks this summer in Boston, studying
at the prestigious
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Jackson native, Cassandra
Wilson won Best Jazz Vocal Album, for Loverly.
Indianola native and blues legend, B.B. King won
Best Traditional Blues Album, for One Kind Favor. Pinetop
Perkins was a nominee in this category for Pinetop
Perkins and Friends. |
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Dorothy Moore, best known for Misty Blue, will sing the National
Anthem a cappella for the Jackson Police Department recruit
graduation. Read
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The Seventh Annual Two Rivers Gala, benefiting Tougaloo College,
will be held on April 4, 2009. This years headline act is
legendary blues artist, B.B. King. |
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The Delta Blues Museum mourns the loss of our friend
Willie King who suffered a fatal heart attack on his 66th
birthday. |
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The blues has its spiritual home in
the southern state of Mississippi. Geography, politics and
history all had their parts to play for better or worse,
with the grand old Mississippi River, the privations of
the cotton farms and the evolution of beautiful black spirituals
coming together in Read
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Mississippi Delta Blues, Inc. and the 308 Blues Club and
Café present “A Movie and Music Showcase”Friday,
February 20, 2009at the 308 Blues Club and Café,
308 Depot Avenue, Indianola, MS 38751.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
3:04 PM CST
Larry Liddell I trust your Thanksgiving was a
happy occasion surrounded by family and turkey (not necessarily
in that order).
As usual, we as Americans have more to be thankful for
than people from other countries around the world. We
have no war being fought on our soil, nor on our continent
or any continent close to us. We are the land of plenty
and we should be grateful for that.
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