Front Porch Blues & News
Music, culture, and stories from the Delta and beyond
Clarksdale Mayor highlight of Helena Annual Chamber Dinner
By MAGICAL MADGEPHOTO GALLERY at bottom of post Whooooo-oooot! When I hear that call, I know it's a Quapaw calling! This time dear friend and founder of Quapaw Canoe Company...
Santana Tandem Cycles in Mississippi Delta again!
By MAGICAL MADGE It was a cold, rainy Spring morning and dozens upon dozens of tandem bicyclers from all over the United States and Europe were not letting that dampen their...
Coen of My New Orleans captures the Mississippi Delta
By MAGICAL MADGE New Orleans, a destination for millions of travelers worldwide, is talking about the benefits of "Traveling the Mississippi Delta: A land of myths and legends." Cheré Coen with...
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...
Coahoma County Students aiming for Washington
By MAGICAL MADGEClarksdale, Mississippi We received a sweet note from a local teacher at Coahoma Country Jr. - Sr. High School in Clarksdale. Read it and respond if you will....
Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale
Clarksdale, Mississippi PHOTOS FROM PAST JUKE JOINT FESTIVALS PAGE MAY BE SLOW TO LOAD DUE TO MANY PHOTOGRAPHS It's Juke Joint Festival time and that means live music abounds everywhere...
VACATION RENTALS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA
By MAGICAL MADGE Every day I look forward to my email from Memphis StyleBlueprint and on my birthday a special one landed in my inbox. The title got me immediately--"CONFESSIONS OF (AND TIPS...
Alligators in the Mississippi Delta
By MAGICAL MADGE VIDEO and PHOTOS Yesterday, Storm Thor blew through the Mississippi Delta. It left sleet, ice and snow in its wake. We are not used to this kind of...
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,...
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...
Let’s Meet at the Clarksdale Train Depot
By MAGICAL MADGEPHOTO SLIDESHOWS including BAREFOOT WORKSHOPS EVENT It wasn't long ago Coahoma County Administrator Daniel Vassel told me, "Clarksdale has so many great places to meet!" For business or...
John Ruskey Lectures Delta Psi Fraternity at Ole Miss
By MAGICAL MADGE and GUEST BOHEMIAN BRAXTON BARDEN PHOTOS and SEVERAL VIDEOS and SPECIAL LINK NEAR BOTTOM Was I reading my email correctly....? Quapaw Canoe Company's John Ruskey was speaking at a fraternity...