Front Porch Blues & News
Music, culture, and stories from the Delta and beyond
Charlie Musselwhite Loves Delta Bohemian Excursions
By MAGICAL MADGE & POOR WILLIAMCLARKSDALE, Mississippi VIDEO and PHOTO GALLERY Multiple Blues Music Award winner, Charlie Musselwhite, who has been on tour with Ben Harper for their Grammy-Award-winning blues album...
Rickie Fowler Play 9 “girlfriend”
By CORINNE VANCE Recently, Leah Bruce-Krock, owner of Colors Agency, sent an email requesting I audition for an American Express®/USGA national television commercial featuring the always flamboyantly dressed professional golfer Rickie...
Maude Schuyler Clay DELTA DOGS book signings
By MAGICAL MADGE GREENWOOD, OXFORD, JACKSON, CLEVELAND, SUMNER, CLARKSDALE, VICKSBURG, PASS CHRISTIAN, Mississippi Like you encouraged me to do, Maudie, I am waiting to purchase my DELTA DOGS at a local Mississippi bookstore....
Mark River Blogs about Healing and Eagles
By MAGICAL MADGE CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Faithfully, every week, Quapaw Canoe Company's John Ruskey shoots me an email about recent past, present and future adventures on or about the river. These commentaries are in-depth...
RUST Restaurant Reopens at SHACK UP INN
By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi - VIDEO and PHOTO GALLERY It’s old; it’s new; it’s real! Rust ain’ just about oxidation; RUST the Restaurant is all about the Delta and it’s...
What do Delta Bohemian Excursions look like?
By MAGICAL MADGE(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) PHOTO GALLERY and VIDEO[foothumbnailgallery id="4554"]The Delta Bohemian® is discovering splendid ways to connect with both visitors and locals in and around Clarksdale via our new Delta...
Maven in Coahoma May and Love Delights
By MAGICAL MADGE CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Not only does she have the ability to take just about any object and turn it into something beautiful with a gift unlike one I have...
Westside Family Medical Clinic picks SUMNER
By MAGICAL MADGESUMNER, Mississippi If you grew up in the Mississippi Delta, you never thought twice about having to drive to get where you wanted to go. An hour drive to Lusco's...
Anthony Bourdain and the Mississippi Delta
By MAGICAL MADGE CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Just read the Anthony Bourdain blog post about his CNN Parts Unknown show, featuring his recent jaunt through the land of cotton. Poor William hosted...
Another NEW ROXY Night in Clarksdale
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi VIDEO and PHOTO SLIDESHOWThe outstanding Clarksdale open air music/event venue began it's Summer hiatus until the week of King Biscuit Festival in October 2014 with a night of music...
Baker Patton: the Cheesecake Baker Man
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi He is originally from Hopson, just South of Clarksdale, a Phi Delta Theta from Ole Miss and he likes to bake cheesecakes. In fact, if you have ever eaten...
Charlie Patton’s War Does not Suck! – Juke Joint
And, that's for damn sure! By BILLY "POOR WILLIAM" HOWELL CLARKSDALE, Mississippi One of our finest Southern superlatives includes the qualifier “… ain’ all bad!” As in, “she ain’ all bad;...