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The blues put this town on the tourism map, but Clarksdale has leaned into its musical heritage in recent decades. Here’s how ...
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has made a big impression after bursting upon the scene. Indeed, Rolling Stone Magazine wrote, ...
Faustian pacts with Satan have long abounded in Delta lore, but its most famous example was not the first, Tommy Johnson ...
After all, the seminal Blues tale is of legend Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil at the crossroads of U.S. Highways 49 and 61 in the Delta to be able to play a guitar like no one else.
CNN Travel names one Mississippi city in the Top 10 of America’s Best Towns to Visit. Find food, fun, live music in ...
A cotton picker turned mechanic turned musician, “Daddy” Mack Orr became a fixture in Memphis nightclubs and international ambassador for Delta blues.
The weekend, it’s holding its 15 th annual Kent Blues Fest, with some music as early as noon, and continuing until the wee hours, offering free live music all over town. And each place books one band ...
The blues put this town on the tourism map, but Clarksdale has leaned into its musical heritage in recent decades. Here’s how to experience the best of this Mississippi town’s music scene and ...