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(May 16, 2013)
Delta Blues Museum
The Delta Blues Museum's Arts & Education Program has
been chosen for recognition as a 2013 National Arts and Humanities
Youth Program Award (NAHYP)...Read
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(May 9, 2013)
Delta Blues Museum
First Lady Michelle Obama presentS the National Award in
ceremony at the White House. Shelley Ritter, Delta Blues
Museum’s executive director and community member Travis
Calvin accept... Read
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(May 8, 2013)
Delta Blues Museum
Come out and celebrate the Delta Blues
Museum's National Medal Honor with the Nighthawks from 6:00 -
8:00 pm at the Rock & Roll Hotel 1353 H St NE (between N 14th
St & N Linden Ct) Washington, DC 20002 (202) 388-7625 www.rockandrollhoteldc.com
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(May 8, 2013)
Press Release - Delta Blues Museum
First Lady Michelle Obama to present
the National Award in a live ceremony today at the White House.
Shelley Ritter, Delta Blues Museum’s executive director and community
member Travis Calvin will... Read
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(May 8, 2013)
Advisory - Delta Blues Museum
This afternoon, in a White House ceremony in the East Room,
First Lady Michelle Obama will join Institute of Museum
and Library Services (IMLS) Director Susan Hildreth to present
the 2013 National Medal for Museum and Library Service to
Delta Blues Museum. The... Read
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(May 2, 2013)
Media Advisory - IMLS
In a White House Ceremony on May 8, First Lady Michelle
Obama will join Director Susan Hildreth and the Institute
of Museum and Library Services to present the 2013 National
Medal for Museum and Library Service. Ten institutions from
across the country will be honored. In addition to the museum
and library leaders, a member from each recognized community
will participate in the ceremony to highlight how the museum
or library has affected their lives. Read
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DBM Band CD "From Clarksdale
to Kansas City, Vol. 1". Order your copy today of
the Museum's own student band CD featuring artists such
as Charlie Musselwhite and more!
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(April 29, 2013)
DBM's latest Explore & Learn feature focuses on a timeline
of Clarksdale, from 1839 to present day; covering material
such as Clarksdale's music history, way of life, longstanding
families and much more. Click
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(April 23, 2013)
Press Release - Delta Blues Museum
DBM has been announced as one of 10
recipients of this year’s National Medal for Museum and Library
Service. The nation’s highest honor conferred on museums and libraries
for service to the... Read
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(April 10, 2013)
Press Release - Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival
The acclaimed North Mississippi AllStars and celebrity entertainer
Bobby Rush will headline the 26th annual Sunflower River
Blues and Gospel Festival in downtown Clarksdale August
9-10-11, 2013, according to co-chairman Margaret Jordan-Walker.
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(April 10, 2013)
Be sure to join us Friday, April 26, 2013 at 4:00pm for our latest "From the Archives" speakers series, Robert Gordon,
author of "Can't Be Satisfied", the definitive Muddy Waters biography, speaks on the life and musical times of the
legendary musician, followed by a book signing. |
(April 10, 2013)
Be sure to join us for the unveiling of the Museum's Blues
Trail Marker April 11, 2013 at 5:00pm. There will be a reception
with music by the DBM Band. |
(April 10, 2013)
The Annual Juke Joint Festival is Saturday, April 13th.
There will be music on the DBM Stage all day, with a performance
by the DBM Band at 3:00pm. |
(April 10, 2013)
Big John Short will be at the Museum April 12, 2013 for a discussion in the Arts & Education classroom. |
(April 10, 2013)
Be sure to check out DBM's Calendar
and Events pages
for events, dates, times and places as we celebrate 100
years of Muddy Waters. |
(April 7, 2013)
The annual Delta Literary Tour visited Clarksdale on March
20, 2013 to experience Clarksdale's blues culture and the
related world of playwright Tennessee Williams. Visitors
took a "Clarksdale Stroll" including a visit to the Museum;
toured St. George's Episcopal Church former rectory where
Tom Williams lived with his grandparents; and viewed scenes
from A Streetcar Named Desire performed on the porch of
the Clark House, home of the playwright's childhood friend.
The annual event was sponsored by the Center for the Study
of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi.
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(April 7, 2013)
Melville Tillis, a longtime co-chairman of the Sunflower
River Blues and Gospel Festival, avid supporter of the Delta
Blues Museum, and friend. Tillis co-founded the Sunflower
River Gospel Association with the late Julius Guy, and was...Read
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(April 7, 2013)
Billington started the Arts and Education program at the
Museum, and went on to found the Delta Blues Education Program.
He received several honors for his work in educating Delta
youth, including...Read
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(April 7, 2013)
Frank "Rat" Ratliff, owner-proprietor of the historic Riverside
Hotel where Bessie Smith died (when the building was a hospital),
and where a "Who's Who of blues musicians have stayed and
played, including...Read
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(April 4, 2013)
On what would have been his 100th birthday, the Delta Blues
Museum proudly pays tribute to McKinley Morganfield-better
known as the legendary Muddy Waters. One of the most powerful
forces behind American music, Muddy was... Read
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(April 4, 2013)
On April 4, 2013 we celebrated Muddy Waters 100th birthday at
the Museum. Visitors enjoyed cupcakes and toured our newly constructed
Muddy Waters Addition, including the cabin in which he grew up;
a replica of the car that folklorist Alan Lomax drove to make
the first recordings of his music; the "Muddywood" guitar made
from wood from the cabin and donated by ZZ Top; and numerous photos,
guitars, and other exhibits related to Muddy Waters' life and
music. In the evening, the DBM Band played at the Pinnacle as
part of Coahoma Community College's Cultural Awareness Concert
in conjunction with their Cultural Awareness Week." |
Debra Devi - Huffington Post
(March 19, 2013)
The latest media to notice our efforts is the Huffington
Post. In a comprehensive and insightful series of articles,
Debra Devi describes the history and current state of the
blues throughout the Delta and especially in Clarksdale.
Devi is the author of The Language of the Blues, "one of
the wittiest, bawdiest, most fascinating dictionaries ever."
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(March 15, 2013)
Susan Puckett, author of "Eat Drink Delta: A Hungry Traveler's
Journey Through the Soul of the South" stopped by to visit
and Museum on March 15, 2013 and signed copies of her book. Part
travel guide, part cookbook, and part photographic essay (photos
by Langdon Clay), Eat Drink Delta offers dozens of tested recipes,
including the Memphis barbecue pizza beloved by Elvis and a lemon
icebox pie inspired by Tennessee Williams. It also "reveals a
region shaped by slavery, civil rights, amazing wealth, abject
deprivation, the Civil War, a flood of biblical proportions, and-above
all-an overarching urge to get down and party with a full table
and an open bar." |
Blind Pig Records
(February 21, 2013)
Magic Slim, a revered and towering figure in the field of
traditional Chicago blues, died today in a Philadelphia
hospital at the age of 75. Born Morris Holt in Torrance,
Mississippi in 1937, the guitarist performer, bandleader,
and recording artist went on to enjoy a career that...
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Press Release - Delta Blues Museum
(February 14, 2013)
The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced
the Delta Blues Museum as a National Medal for Museum and
Library Service finalist. The National Medal is the nation's
highest honor conferred on museums and... Read
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(January & February, 2013)
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite have been garnering a lot of
press lately with their recently released CD "Get Up".
In January, 2013 they performed on... Read
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(January 31, 2013)
The DBM Band performed on January 31, 2013 for Thacker Mountain
Radio, a live radio show featuring music and author's readings
broadcast from Oxford, then distributed on Mississippi Public
Radio. |
(January 23, 2013)
Visit Clarksdale and the Delta Blues Museum this weekend
during the 3rd Annual Clarksdale Film Festival running January 24 through 27, 2013. Read
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nbc.com
(January 22, 2013)
Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite performed "I Don’t
Believe a Word You Say", a track from their new CD...
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JamBands.com
(January 14, 2013)
Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite will perform on the Tonight
Show with Jay Leno on January 22. The paired performers
will preview a ... Read
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(January 5, 2013)
The Delta Blues Museum Band performed in a parade on January 5, 2013 in
honor of Martin Luther King Day. Our float was made possible by
assistance from Lenora Commer, David and Leah Carr, and Commissioner
Buster Moton. The event was co-sponsored by the Isle of Capri
Hotel/Casino in Lula. |
