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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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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. 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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Dorothy Moore, best known for Misty Blue, will sing the National Anthem a cappella for the Jackson Police Department recruit graduation. Read More |
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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 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. Read
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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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