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  Pinetop Perkins Foundation Announces Scholarships
(January 27, 2012)
Press Release - Pinetop Perkins Foundation
The Pinetop Perkins Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of nine scholarships for the 2012 Master Class Youth Workshops in Guitar, Piano and Harmonica. Held in Clarksdale Mississippi June 13-15th, 2012 and open to the young and the young at heart, scholarships are available to youth ages 12 to 21 nationwide. Read More
  Etta James - RIP, January 25, 1938 - January 20, 2012
(January 20, 2012)
New York Times
Etta James, whose powerful, versatile and emotionally direct voice could enliven the raunchiest blues as well as the subtlest love songs, most indelibly in her signature hit, “At Last,” died on Friday morning in Riverside, Calif. She was 73. Read More
  Monroe Jones, Jr - RIP
(January 17, 2012)
Monroe Jones, Jr., was born in Skene in 1939 and raised in the Delta. He became known as "Little Monroe," an expert B.B. King stylist, after moving to Chicago, and once bested Robert "Bilbo" Walker so badly in...
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  Jazz Great Mose Allison to Give Free Performance at Delta State
(January 9, 2012)
Press Release, Delta State University
Michael Gann, Director

Composer, poet, pianist and vocalist Mose Allison will appear in concert on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in Jobe Hall on the Delta State campus. The concert, titled “DSU Welcomes Mose Allison Home,” is free and open to the public. Read More
  Mississippi Grammy Artist Dorothy Moore Scheduled for DMI All Access Series
(January 9, 2012)
Press Release, Delta State University
Michael Gann, Director

The Delta Music Institute, a music industry studies program at Delta State University, will host Grammy nominated singer Dorothy Moore Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in Jobe Hall on the campus of Delta State University for an interactive discussion as part of the DMI All Access series. Read More
  Spectacular Ailey II Dancers Coming February 2, 2012
(January 6, 2012)
Press Release, Coahoma Community College
Panny Mayfield, Director

Busy planning for the Thursday, February 2, 2012 performance of the internationally-acclaimed Ailey II dancers in Clarksdale’s Civic Auditorium are members of the Coahoma Community College Lyceum Committee and... Read More