The
Huffington Post
(October 8, 2010)
Margie Goldsmith visits the Delta Blues Museum while in Clarksdale
for the graduation ceremony for Gindick's five-day Blues Harmonica
Jam Camp. Read
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(October
1, 2010)
The City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, will receive bids for the
Delta Blues Museum Addition, Federal Aid Project No. STP - 0080-00(25)
LPA/105121-701000. Read
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OffBeat Magazine
(September 29, 2010)
They traveled to Helena, Arkansas, home of the (former) King Biscuit
Blues Festival, then down to Clarksdale, where they went to the
Delta Blues Museum and ... Read
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(September
2010)
Benefit (in Tampa, FL) to raise money for a Willie Brown grave
marker in Tunica, MS!
The event will take place September 26th 2010 at Ricks's On The
River, in Tampa Florida.
2305 N. Willow Ave. Tampa, Florida |
(September
2010)
The Delta Blues Museum regrets to announce that Lil' Dave Thompson
was killed in a car accident on Sunday, February 14, 2010, on
his way home from playing the Blues Bash at Fiery Ron's in Charleston,
SC. Read
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March
25, 1947 - Sept. 10, 2010
A long-time Clarksdale, Mississippi resident musician, and favorite
of visiting blues fans from around the world, Foster Wiley a.k.a.
“Tater, The Music Maker” passed away... Read
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ClarionLedger.com
(September 4, 2010)
Paula Thompson of Clarksdale, a Delta Blues Museum Arts &
Eductation student; and Calvin Bogan of Jackson, a Hinds Community
College student, spend the summer at Berklee College of Music...
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The Boston - Bay
State Banner
(August 26, 2010)
This is the third year that Berklee has awarded summer scholarships
to students from programs at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale
and the Robert Johnson ... Read
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(August 2010)
Amidst their success, ZZ Top launched a fundraising drive to create
a Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Miss.
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(August 16, 2010)
Ike Turner was honored in front of the Museum on August 5, 2010
with a City of Clarksdale “Walk of Fame” marker. A
Mississippi Blues Trail marker was also placed at the Alcazar
Hotel, just down the street from the Museum. |
USATODAY.com
(August 16, 2010)
USA Today picked ten intriguing music tracks listened to this
past week….. Eden Brent made the list with a track from her upcoming
album - “Ain’t Got No Troubles” - to be officially released----September
7, 2010... Read
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June
9, 1926 - August 9, 2010
Best known as the longtime bass player of the Muddy Waters Blues
Band, Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, a Greenwood, Mississippi
native, passed away last night.
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Jackson
Clarion Ledger
(August 2010)
This weekend in the Delta town of Clarksdale, officials and music
fans will ... of Fame marker will be unveiled for him at the Delta
Blues Museum later today. ... Read
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Jackson
Clarion Ledger
(August 6, 2010)
On Friday the festival features local acts including Delta Blues
Museum music instructor Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry, Robert
"Bilbo" Walker and James "Super ... Read
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Clarksdale
Press Register
(August 6, 2010)
Tillis, an educator and local blues historian who once played
trumpet in Turner's ... sidewalk marker later Friday afternoon
near the Delta Blues Museum ... Read
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Sun Herald
(August 2010)
Another Walk of Fame marker will be unveiled for him at the Delta
Blues Museum later that day. Veal, who also played drums at times
in Turner's Kings of ... Read
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Business Clarksville
(August 3, 2010)
The community is home to a great deal of Blues History, all of
which can be accessed at the Delta Blues Museum and at historical
sites throughout the area. ...
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(August 2010)
Ike Turner and his Rocket 88 crew from Clarksdale who launched
the world's first rock and roll record are being celebrated as
musical icons this summer by the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel
Festival. Read
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The Huffington Post
(July 2010)
At the Delta Blues Museum, crowds are growing steadily with people
from every state and dozens of countries flooding in to visit
the historically rich region... Read
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CNN's Tom Foreman
(July 2010)
At the excellent Delta Blues Museum here I walked around and looked
at their pictures, their guitars, and more. Then I sat down and
chatted with a regular ... Read
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(July 2010)
You can find the Delta Blues Museum in the "Blues Highway, Clarksdale,
MS" chapter of the publication "1,000 Places to See Before You
Die", by the author Patricia Schultz. Read
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(July 6, 2010)
Country music star Randy Houser recently filmed a video of his
new single, "Whistlin' Dixie" in Clarksdale. Randy wanted...
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(July 1, 2010)
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. Read
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Jackson Clarion Ledger
(June 2010)
The session at the Delta Blues Museum is free. "The weekend celebrates
the range and richness of Southern culture, in the flesh, in Clarksdale,
Mississippi, ... Read
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Canton, Mass.
(June 21, 2010)
Tourism Cares, the premier charity in the travel industry dedicated
to preserving the travel experience for future generations, is
inviting the public to... Read
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Downbeat Daily News
(June 18, 2010)
Students who want to study the style of blues piano’s most venerated
living master will have a hands-on learning experience at the
Pinetop Perkins Foundation’s inaugural youth workshop series.
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(June 4, 2010)
"Blues, Booze & BBQ" is Michael's first book but he has a
very strong portfolio of images that you can see at his website.
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(June 2010)
Twice as Nice - Down in Mississippi to be released at the Chicago
Blues Festival Read
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(May 8, 2010) Read
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(May 5, 2010)
Blues Foundation, Marriott Hotel, Memphis See
Them Here
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(May 2010) See
Them Here
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Funeral Arrangements Saturday, April 24, 2010 Pilgrim Rest Baptist
Church 217 Third Street Greenville, MS 12 noon |
Clarksdale Press Register
(April 23, 2010)
He met famed bluesman David "Honeyboy" Edwards at the Delta Blues
Museum (DBM) during Edwards' talk last Friday. Edwards signed
his name on Sherman's... Read
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KTVU San Francisco
(April 2010)
Good blues museums include the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale
and the Blues Heritage Museum and Gallery in Greenwood. The wail
of live blues can be heard ... Read
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Jackson, Mississippi
(April 15, 2010)
On May 6 and 7, 2010, Mississippi will join Amtrak in celebrating
National Train Day with a series of whistle stops and other events
around the state. Read
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Mississippi Slim died this morning April 14, 2010 around 7 am
at Delta Regional Medical Center(Greenville, MS) of natural causes.
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(April 2010)
This workshop is for children ages 5-8 and will be held 9 a.m.-
noon. Participants will meet in the lobby of the BPAC the morning
of the workshop. Class size is limited to 15. Read
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Clarksdale
Press Register
(April 2010)
From there, additional events travel down the street and include
"Conversations with Honeyboy Edwards" at the Delta Blues
Museum and a "Theo The Boogieman"... Read
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San
Francisco Chronicle
(April 14, 2010)
Stolle said Edwards will play two sets and give a question-and-answer
session on Friday at 3 pm at the Delta Blues Museum with a show
called... Read
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Jackson
Clarion Ledger
(April 2010)
At 3 pm on Friday there will be a public interview at the Delta
Blues Museum of 94-year-old Delta bluesman David "Honeyboy"
Edwards, who will be performing... Read
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(March 16, 2010)
Saturday, March 20th will be a house party for the history books
when hometown blues guitar hero Terry “Big T” Williams
unleashes his latest album live on stage at Ground Zero Blues
Club in Clarksdale. Read
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(February 2010)
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. Read
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(January 25, 2010)
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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(January
2010)
Canadian Matt Anderson & Mississippi Delta Band Grady Champion
with top honors at 26th International Blues Challenge
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(February 9, 2010)
52nd Grammy Awards, Jan 31, 2010 Traditional Blues Album:
A Stranger Here, Ramblin Jack ElliottContemporary
Blues Album: Already Free, The Derek Trucks
BandTraditional R&B Vocal Performance: Beyonce',
"At Last"Pop Instrumental Album: Potato Hole,
Booker T. JonesTraditional Gospel Album: Oh
Happy Day, Various Artists (includes Mavis Staples, Aaron
Neville, Al Green, Robert Randolph with mainstream artists)Historical
Album: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967),
Little Walter. Congratulations to both the winners and all the
nominees. |
(January 6,
2010)
The Delta Blues Museum mourns the loss of Willie Mitchell, a record
producer, label head and musician who worked with Al Green and
many others. He died Tuesday, Jan. 5 at Methodist University Hospital
in Memphis. He was 81.
Link to NY Times Article: Read
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(March 8, 2010)
Photographer Michael Loyd Young is on a mission to document culture
throughout the world, and he isn’t leaving his home state
of Mississippi behind. The burgeoning artist recently debuted
his first book “Blues, Booze, & BBQ,” a documentation
of the blues culture in the Delta. Read
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BARONMAG.com
(January 20, 2010)
Mississippi est un fantasme pour tous ceux qui adorent rouler
à travers la beauté du delta américain en
découvrant les routes et les petits villages pittoresques
où la musique blues vibre. Read
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