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True Delta is a cinematic snapshot of the blues tradition
in and around Clarksdale. The "True Delta" photography exhibit
at Delta Blues Museum, feature photographs by Michael Scanlan
taken from the film.
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A new exhibit for the Museum
has been created to celebrate 25 years of the Sunflower
River Blues and Gospel Festival. We have also added a special
section to our web site to compliment this exhibit. Your
comments or photographs can be added to the Chronology for
the festival year of your choice.
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As part of on-going museum
celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of Robert Johnson's
birth, a new exhibit focusing on Son House will be unveiled
Thursday, June 23, 2011.
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A new Museum exhibit of photographs by noted Mississippi
photographer Ken Murphy, taken from the book of the same
name, was unveiled in April, 2011.
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A new Museum exhibit, was unveiled
during the 23rd Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival,
which featured special programs on the Clarksdale native
and the “first” rock ‘n’ roll record.
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The Delta Blues Museum unveiled
a new exhibit on March 4, 2010 featuring Michael Loyd Young's
first book "Blues, Booze & BBQ". Michael's book chronicles
150 miles of famed Highway 61. Clarksdale, MS sits at the
heart of Highway 61 and 49, which is also the location of
Robert Johnson's famed "Cross Road Blues".
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The Delta Blues Museum invites the public to visit our newest exhibit "Give
My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues" featuring a collection
of prints from folklorist William Ferris's new book of the same name.
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August 7-9, 2009 has been declared Sam Cooke Weekend during
the 22nd annual Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival
by the Clarksdale Board of Mayor and City Commissioners
at Monday’s board meeting.
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Pictured Here: "T-Model Ford", one of the many
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Clarksdale, MS (7/29/09) -- 50 years after St. Louis-based bluesman Big George Brock left a cotton plantation in the Mississippi Delta, the stage is set for a big return via an old-school 'blues bus.'
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On Tuesday, July 14th, the Delta Blues Museum invites
the public to attend the opening reception for
Notes from the Mississippi Delta -- featuring photographs
by Nathan Miller...
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Reception sponsored by Coahoma Community College and Friends
of the Delta Blues Museum exhibit sponsored by Friends of
the Rock River Foundation Delta Blues Museum and the Mississippi
Arts Commission
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TheDay - New London,CT,USA
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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Clarksdale– The hometown of gospel/soul celebrity
Sam Cooke is gearing up to host musicians of similar international
ranking when the Blind Boys of Alabama and the Preservation
Hall Jazz Band perform Friday, April 24, here at Coahoma
Community College....
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Lee Williams, Jackson Southernaires to perform Clarksdale
- The celebration of Coahoma Community College’s 60th
anniversary as an educational leader in north Mississippi
promises a week of...
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Screening of "The Way of
War" movie and Double Feature CD release party featuring
Mississippi Musicians Bill Howl-N-Madd Perry - Abbeville,
MS and Dr. Alphonso Sanders, Cleveland, Mississippi...
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