Arteests

Creative voices, art, and expression from the Delta

“Katrina the Mule” captures the real Carlos Elliot Jr.

By Poor William VIDEOS and PHOTOS (28) Clarksdale is blessed to have many musicians who wander purposefully into our midst, often coming back time and time again. A Delta Bohemian’s favorite...
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Beatle Mania Strikes in Clarksdale

Clarksdale, Mississippi Three local gifted musicians will be treating concert goers and lawn sitters to an hour and forty five minutes of Beatle Mania music beginning at 6:00 pm on...
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Home Grown Thursday Nights in Clarksdale

Clarksdale, MississippiPHOTO GALLERY This list makes my mouth water, especially when I know it was grown by local farmers: Sweet corn Cucumbers Squash Zucchini Plums Nectarines Green Beans Onions Eggplant...
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KINGFISH plays ” The Star Spangled Banner “

By Magical Madge Happy July 4th! We are proud to be Americans. Friends, Bobbie and Paul Wilson, owners of WROX RADIO, have embraced this community of Clarksdale. They have made...
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Clarksdale Music Venues Sound Off for the Americana Music Triangle (AMT)

By POOR WILLIAMVIDEOS and PHOTO GALLERY The recent Americana Music Triangle’s (AMT) “Gold Record Road” celebration in Clarksdale was reminiscent of the Clarksdale of my teens. Vietnam had ended, light beer...
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Another Mississippi Delta Saturday Night

By POOR WILLIAMVIDEO and PHOTOS Delta folks ain’ scared of a party and that’s for damn sure. It’s always on in the Mississippi Delta: whether high-browing at the Country Club...
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Hunt Marketing is Hot on the Trot from Oxford and Tupelo

By Magical MadgeVIDEOS and PHOTOS If you are on the Oxford Square, look up! Above the fabulous boutique Nella (formerly Duvall's), you can see and visit a marketing firm hot on...
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Big Boy Martin Grant Remembered

By POOR WILLIAMVIDEO and PHOTOS IN POST    That’s the way that the world goes “round. You’re up one day and the next you’re down. It’s half an inch of...
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Artrageous Event in Downtown Clarksdale

Poster for Clarksdale Collective Artrageous Event in Downtown Clarksdale CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI Read all about it on the graphic then head to Downtown Clarksdale, Tuesday, April 7th from...
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Give ’em Hell CeDell – “Last Man Standing”

By POOR WILLIAM Tarzan is no longer playing in black and white on Saturday afternoons, at least not in the Mississippi Delta, so whatcha gonna do this Saturday afternoon, March 7th,...
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Turnrow Book Company has Kornegay SOIL on it’s hands

By MAGICAL MADGERarely do I visit the Mississippi Delta town of Greenwood without stopping by Turnrow Book Company on Howard Street. If Poor William is with me, it's imperative, but we...
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Jeffrey Yentz Discovers the Windsor Ruins

By MAGICAL MADGE and GUEST BOHEMIAN JEFFREY YENTZPHOTO SLIDESHOWS I cannot recall the exact day our paths first crossed but I do remember it was his perspective on life and...
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