Front Porch Blues & News

Music, culture, and stories from the Delta and beyond

Red Paden Birthday Bash at Red’s Lounge

By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO AND PHOTOS Sunday night was a time of great festivity for Clarksdalians— natives, transplants, and miscreants—who love Red Paden and his...
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Bilbo Walker and Roger Stolle off to Brazil

Clarksdale, MississippiVIDEO Bilbo Walker plays at Red's Blues Club tonight - Thursday, November 13. How about you head there and wish him and Cat Head owner Roger Stolle safe travels...
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The Mosquito Returns to the New Roxy

By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO at BOTTOM OF POST) “By popular demand we are going to host another Mosquito spoken word event.
We've got cold beer, wood to burn and the...
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Lois Lowry Shares Her Story with Clarksdale

By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi Library full, mostly women—young to old—kids on iPhones, growing up fast, three young ladies in white headdresses, teachers with list for extra credit, several young Mennonite...
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Small Town of Sumner Mississippi Acting Big

By MAGICAL MADGESumner, Mississippi The small Town of Sumner in the Mississippi Delta isn't letting its size of only 310 hold it back from making a difference in the community. The...
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Do You Know Charlie Musselwhite?

By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi  (VIDEO) Ladies and genulmens, what do you get on a Thursday night when ya cross at the Crossroads a recently relocated Deep Blues Festival with a...
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Soggy Sweat Whiskey Speech

Clarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO and PHOTOS) WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NEW ROXY THEATER. CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI. HEART OF THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. FIRST NIGHT OF THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE RECENTLY RELOCATED TO CLARKSDALE “DEEP...
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The Mississippi Delta – by Donald Christian

When The Delta Bohemian® moves a soul to share, relate, communicate, touch and/or love us, from a spirit within themselves that innocently and purely wants, dare we say, needs, to connect,...
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Clarksdale Recycling – It nice!

Clarksdale, Mississippi  (VIDEO) Recently Coahoma County and the City of Clarksdale began its first recycling program. The recycle bins are located on the westside of Walmart parking lot on State Street....
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A couple of Bohemians get the Media Award!

By Guest Bohemians JOHN RUSKEY and DANIEL VASSELEmail from John to Madge, September 30, 2014 John Ruskey email to the Delta Bohemian (more…)
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Time on the Mississippi River with Huck and Jim

By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi   (VIDEOS with PHOTOS) “Is it necessary to cut rope and are your only true and trustworthy companions castaways?” John Ruskey, guiding a seminar discussion about...
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Poor William Loves Water – Hot or Cold

By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi    (VIDEO!!) Hey Man, I just can’t seem to get enough water. Must be the Delta boy in me, or maybe it’s just the inherent need...
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