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Final Thursday Night Blues on the Square in Holly Springs with Brown Sugar...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdoggtn/15437743272" title="071 Blues on the Square by John Shaw, on Flickr"> Beginning in July each summer, the town of Holly Springs, Mississippi sponsors Thursday...
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David Kimbrough, Little Joe Ayers and Robert Kimbrough Live at The New...
For many years, Hill Country bluesman Junior Kimbrough had a juke joint in rural Marshall County that was a destination for those in the know. People from all over the world made their way to the...
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Duwayne Burnside's Birthday Party and Bonfire at the Blues Shack in Waterford
Hill Country blues legend Duwayne Burnside was celebrating his birthday with a party and bonfire at the Blues Shack in Waterford, Mississippi, so I decided to go down. Unfortunately, it was the...
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An All-Star Gala of Hill Country Blues at Leo Bud Welch’s Album Release Party
Perhaps Easter doesn’t bring thoughts of blues to many people, but this Easter evening was the occasion for an amazing event at Foxfire Ranch celebrating the release of a new album by 84-year-old...
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Rain But Undampened Spirits As The North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic...
The North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, sponsored annual at Waterford, Mississippi by Sarah and Kenny Brown, is arguably the most important annual event in the world of Hill Country Blues. It helps...
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Celebrating the Legacy of Hill Country Blues On Its Biggest Day
Although the Friday night shows had been harassed by storms, no such problem occurred on the Saturday of the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic. In fact the day was a bright sunny blue one, with...
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Hill Country Blues in Benton County on a Very Hot Day
Just to the east of Marshall County, Mississippi is Benton County and its county seat of Ashland, which are also part of the Mississippi Hill Country. However, unlike Marshall County, Benton County is...
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Kenny Brown, Cameron Kimbrough and Garry Burnside Live at Holly Springs
Going the Old Hudsonville Road from Hudsonville to Holly Springs proved to be a mistake, because more than half the distance between the two communities was gravel, but the road did take me into a...
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Preserving the Hill Country Blues Tradition: Duwayne Burnside Live in Holly...
Think of Mississippi Blues and you are likely to think of the Delta. The long highways and crossroads, the endless flat land, broken only by the occasional bayou, small towns, juke joints and Robert...
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A Celebration of the Blues at On Location: Memphis
This year’s On Location: Memphis International Film and Music Festival launched something new, a gala blues concert at Cooper-Walker Place in Memphis’ Cooper-Young neighborhood. Hosted by Memphis’ own...
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Crawfish and Hill Country Blues in Memphis’ Overton Square
Mention crawfish and most people will immediately think of Louisiana, but the “mudbug” is a popular sign of spring throughout the South, and Memphis is no exception. The Bluff City actually has two...
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A Preview Party For The Juke Joint Fest at Tin Roof Memphis
Every April, the Juke Joint Festival takes over Clarksdale, Mississippi, bringing blues fans from all over the world to the small city in the Mississippi Delta, but this year, on the Wednesday before...
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Juke Joint Fest: Garry Burnside Band
Juke Joint Fest: Garry Burnside Band / Google Photos Garry Burnside is one of the sons of the late Hill Country blues legend R. L. Burnside, and he is always a popular favorite at the Juke Joint...
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Blues In The Alley At A Crossroads?
New photo by John Shaw / Google Photos Marshall County, Mississippi and its county seat of Holly Springs are ground zero when it comes to the subgenre known as Hill Country blues. After all, the...
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Honoring the Legacy of R. L. Burnside at the Blues Shack
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Duwayne Burnside in Oxford at Rooster’s Blues House
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Rain Couldn’t Dampen The Enthusiasm At Juke Joint Festival
Each year, Clarksdale becomes the center of attention in the blues world, as fans come from all over the world for the Juke Joint Festival. Although the official festival is only one day, events...
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Eric Deaton Trio & Garry Burnside Live at Proud Larry’s
Although Proud Larry’s is first and foremost a rock club, Oxford, Mississippi is deep in the Mississippi Hill Country, and has been the scene of many a classic blues performance. Nearly all the greats...
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Celebrating the Hill Country Tradition at Como’s Annual Day
Each October, the City of Como, Mississippi sponsors a large, daylong festival and picnic called Como Day, featuring vendors, food trucks, custom cars and excellent live music. Como Day is one of a...
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Celebrating Tate County’s Blues Legacy at Senatobia Blues and Brews
On November 4, 2017, Senatobia launched its inaugural Blues and Brews festival in Gabbert Park, in unusually warm and wet weather. In fact, dense fog enveloped the whole park, and made it hard to see...
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