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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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The Pinetop Perkins Foundation is pleased to announce an inaugural event for musicians young and old. The “Piano Master Class” -- the inaugural event of the Youth Workshop Series -- will be held August 3, 2010 - August 4, 2010.
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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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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
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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 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. Read More |
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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. Read More |
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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... Read
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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. Read More |
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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! Read More |
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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. Read More |
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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. Read More
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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. Read More
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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. Read More
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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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The project
was the culmination of the students’ study of the historical significance of the Delta’s role in the development of indigenous American music as a reaction to the social conditions of the time. The primary goal of this collaboration was to expand each student’s
know-ledge of the music and history of the Delta while
encouraging parents and community leaders to take an
active role in the educational process. |
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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.
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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 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 Full Article/Watch Video
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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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(St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
Nov. 30--GREENVILLE,
Miss. -- James "T-Model" Ford
was waiting in the
afternoon shade of
his front yard, sipping
Jack Daniel's with
a splash from a white
plastic cup
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CLARKSDALE, Miss.
-- The Delta Blues
Museum plans a 4,000
square foot expansion
to provide space for
large exhibits.
Museum director Shelly
Ritter says $1.8 million
in grants have been
secured to pay for
the expansion. Ritter
hopes that bids can
be accepted next summer
after all architectural
drawings are completed
and approved.
Ritter says the permanent
Muddy Water's cabin
exhibit is also expected
to move into the expansion
where it can be erected
to its actual height.
Right now, the top
section of the cabin
is not included, as
the ceiling height
of the museum is too
low.
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Mrs. Doris Carr of
Lula, Mississippi passed
away on November 13,
2008 at age 80.
She is survived by
her husband, Sam Carr — the
son of slide guitar
master Robert Nighthawk
and drummer for the
world-famous Jelly
Roll Kings. In the
early days she often
traveled with the group
performing as a vocalist.
Sam and Doris Carr
have been together
sixty-seven years.
Services will be on
at noon on Saturday,
November 22 at Century
Funeral Home in Clarksdale.
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CHOCTAW, Miss. (October 6, 2008) - Pearl River Resort, the Southeast's premier luxury gaming and entertainment destination, will host the first annual Blues at The Moon music festival presented by Ground Zero Blues Club, Read
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DMN Newswire--2008-8-25
Singer/songwriter
and musical prodigy Jacqueline
Nassar has recorded her
debut album at Ardent
Studios in Memphis, with
producer and engineer
Pete Matthews Read
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Thanks all the same, England, but we’ve got our own Amy Winehouse. And our version has twice her soul, with none of the crazy.
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WORLD-RENOWNED BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
PARTNERS WITH DELTA BLUES MUSEUM AND ROBERT JOHNSON FOUNDATION TO FIND LOCAL TEENS FOR FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY IN BOSTON THIS SUMMER .
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CLARKSDALE - When Clarksdale’s first historical Walk of Fame marker is dedicated to superstar Sam Cooke on April 4, the event will include a reminiscence of the celebrity and the New World District ’s rich cultural history.
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By BILLY HELLER
BY any measure, it's been a decent year for David "Honey boy" Edwards. He won a Grammy for his work on "Last of the Delta Bluesmen," had a part in the feature film "Walk Hard," is touring and has a new album out...
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The Mississippi Transportation Commision recently approved a grant to the Delta Blues Museum for more than $1.5 million. The money will be used for expansion of the former railroad depot in which the blues museum...
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(May 25, 2007)
Rand McNally, America’s largest map company, just put the Delta Blues Museum on the map — literally. The Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale is highlighted as a “can’t miss” stop in Rand McNally’s new...
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(Febuary 10 2007)
The Blues Music Foundation, a non-profit organization launched during 2003's Year of the Blues celebration, announced that it has awarded $191,650 in grants to non-profit organizations and museums that celebrate...
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