Music
As the “Birthplace of America’s Music,” Mississippi roots run deep in Delta blues, gospel, and work songs, heavily influencing rock & roll, country, and jazz through artists like Elvis Presley, Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram and Robert Johnson.
The MAX in Meridian adds more star power to its Music Hall of Fame with five new inductees that played foundational role in American music.
Morgan Freeman was in Clarksdale 25 years ago when some tourists asked about Delta blues music. Musicians were abundant; venues were not.
Clarksdale Blues, From Faithful Bull Productions — Featuring Mississippi Gabe Carter, Crankshaft, Reverend John Wilkins, Bloody Ol’ Mule and more.
Born in 1932, Leo “Bud” Welch began playing guitar at the age of 13. He played for family, friends, and churches while making a living in the logging industry and on the farm for more than 35 years. In 2015, at the age of 83, Leo released his first-ever blues CD entitled “I Don’t Prefer No Blues.”
Jackson DIY is decades-old and encompasses a wide range of alternative music genres, including punk, metal, noise and hardcore, as well as independent publications, like zines.
King of the Chitlin’ Circuit, a feature film from MPB, takes us on an intimate ride inside the world of the legendary Blues performer, Bobby Rush.
Everything changed when he met fellow country singer from Star, Mississippi, Faith Hill.
The Mississippi Alumni All-Star Band had found its rhythm with nearly 150 band members spreading the joy of music everywhere they perform.
In just under two weeks, seventh- through 12th-grade campers, fresh out of school, from “show up” to “showtime” on the stage of the community theater for “Singin’ in the Rain.”
Evidence. A film by Lucy Gaines about Mississippi-based musician AJ Haynes. From the Southern Documentary…
