Front Porch Blues & News

Music, culture, and stories from the Delta and beyond

Santana Tandem Cycles in Mississippi Delta again!

Santana Tandem Vacation cycles pass in front of historical Clark House Residential Inn in Clarksdale. Photo by Charles Evans By MAGICAL MADGE It was a cold, rainy Spring morning and dozens...
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Hunt Marketing is Hot on the Trot from Oxford and Tupelo

The Team of Hunt Marketing Firm in Oxford, Mississippi By Magical Madge VIDEOS and PHOTOS If you are on the Oxford Square, look up! Above the fabulous boutique Nella (formerly Duvall’s), you...
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Coahoma County Students aiming for Washington

Screen shot of the GoFundMe page for Coahoma Jr. and Sr. High School DC trip. 2015. By MAGICAL MADGE Clarksdale, Mississippi We received a sweet note from a local teacher at...
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VACATION RENTALS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA

The living room in the Delta Bohemian Guest House, a vacation rental in the Mississippi Delta. Image via VRBO. By MAGICAL MADGE Every day I look forward to my email from...
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Give ’em Hell CeDell – “Last Man Standing”

CeDell Davis performing at Juke Joint Festival 2012. Photo by ©Eric Stone By POOR WILLIAM Tarzan is no longer playing in black and white on Saturday afternoons, at least not in...
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Alligators in the Mississippi Delta

An alligator in the Mississippi Delta. Circa 2012. ©THE DELTA BOHEMIAN By MAGICAL MADGE VIDEO and PHOTOS Yesterday, Storm Thor blew through the Mississippi Delta. It left sleet, ice and snow...
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Let’s Meet at the Clarksdale Train Depot

A cluster of friends around Poor William following the Barefoot Workshops premiere at Clarksdale Train Depot. By MAGICAL MADGE PHOTO SLIDESHOWS including BAREFOOT WORKSHOPS EVENT It wasn’t long ago Coahoma County...
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Turnrow Book Company has Kornegay SOIL on it’s hands

Cover of debut novel SOIL by Jamie Kornegay of Turnrow Book Company in Greenwood, Mississippi By MAGICAL MADGE Rarely do I visit the Mississippi Delta town of Greenwood without stopping by Turnrow...
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John Ruskey Lectures Delta Psi Fraternity at Ole Miss

Quapaw Canoe Company founder John Ruskey surprised by arrival of Magical Madge at Delta Psi fraternity. Photo by DB By MAGICAL MADGE and GUEST BOHEMIAN BRAXTON BARDEN PHOTOS and SEVERAL VIDEOS and SPECIAL...
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