Front Porch Blues & News
Music, culture, and stories from the Delta and beyond
Rory Doyle Captures Bill Abel
By GUEST BOHEMIAN PHOTOGRAPHER RORY DOYL I followed Bill Abel, someone who I have great respect for as a Bluesman and artist. I have seen him play a number of times,...
The ‘Sip Magazine Appreciates the DB
By POOR WILLIAMPHOTOS It’s always a tricky enterprise in today’s social media driven culture—rife with endless opportunities to “reach” potential customers—to share wonderful things others say and not appear to...
Bella in Helena
By MAGICAL MADGE PHOTO GALLERY and VIDEO BELOW Bella in Helena, a new Coco Chanel inspired women’s clothing store, is the latest addition to the bluff city’s downtown renaissance. The fabulous...
Cactus and Stud: Meet Me in the City! Again!
By POOR WILLIAM↓ VIDEO INCLUDED ↓ Clarksdale is all right! Live blues every night of the year, right here, in river city! One never knows what he or she will get...
Christone Kingfish Ingram Clarksdale Blues Prodigy
By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi VIDEO and PHOTOS Christon Kingfish Ingram is a “bad boy” to be such a good boy; meaning his always improving guitar skills place him on par...
Play more tunes for me Daddy Rich
By MAGICAL MADGEClarksdale, Mississippi VIDEOS It's sad, sad to think Daddy Rich may bow out of the music world. I know he took a break this past year to get...
Five Years and Growing for Clarksdale Film Festival
By MAGICAL MADGE Clarksdale, Mississippi What a perfect time of year to stay indoors and watch movies. It's so cold outside! Give me a good movie, a blanket and a beverage...
Red’s Lounge on a Friday Night in Clarksdale
Lucious Spiller performing at Red's Lounge in Clarksdale with Stan Street on harp By POOR WILLIAM VIDEO and PHOTOS Hey Man, I know we did a post...
Rice Farmer Outfits Delta Office with John Ruskey Paintings
By POOR WILLIAMSumner, Mississippi VIDEO & PHOTO GALLERY What always happens when an eclectic rice-farming, map-collecting restaurateur and Delta transplant buys a bevy of original artwork and giclées from a...
Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Lounge in Clarksdale
By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi VIDEO & PHOTOS “I really didn’t shoot her; I just kicked her to the curb!” -- Lucious Spiller Last year’s Solo International Blues Challenge second place...
MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Delta Bohemian!!!!
Clarksdale, MississippiMagical Madge and I want to thank our Business Partners (check ‘em out on our website), our Subscribers (if you haven't subscribed do it now. It's free!), and folks—near and...
Got Game at Coahoma County Recreation Expo
By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO How often have we thought or said that there is nothing for kids to do around here? Too often! Well, there is...