Front Porch Blues & News
Music, culture, and stories from the Delta and beyond
WILL TO CHANGE premiers at Crossroads Film Festival
By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi)Â TRAILER IN POST I've been worshiping with William Kozielski for over a year now. Initially we attended the traditionally black New Covenant Missionary Baptist...
Cassidy Bayou Gallery celebrates Spring Exhibition
By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL(SUMNER, Mississippi) Clarksdalians and many others have been looking forward to Saturday, April 12, 2014; the 11th Annual Juke Joint Festival is finally here! We will...
April is Muddy Waters Month at DBM and Blues at Home in Oxford
By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL(CLARKSDALE and OXFORD, Mississippi) The above poster caught my eye while walking out of the Juke Joint Chapel at the Shack Up Inn on Monday night....
Clarksdale native Kim Duease Launches Art Fabrics
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) PRESS RELEASE Kim Duease is an artist. Her palette is vivid. Her canvas is broad. Her inspiration is everywhere. Her creativity is from the heart. A native of colorful Clarksdale...
“Charlie Patton’s War” Right Here in Clarksdale
By Poor William VIDEO IN POST (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) Twas just another serendipitous Sunday night at the Shack Up Inn. My dawg, Joey Young, local artist and Shack Shaker, called and...
Pastry Chef E’Lane Bobo Williams Shines
A sweet, Mississippi Delta, Clarksdale girl headed to Memphis soon after studying Patisserie at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She landed behind the scenes as the Pastry Chef for the...
“Howl-N-Madd” for a KICKSTARTER
By Magical Madge First they brought you the award-winning documentary True Delta; now they are "Howl-N-Madd" to kick start yet another captivating film. Lucky Find Productions continues their documentary blues portraits with an...
Delta Magazine launches “The Ultimate Insider’s Guide”
By Magical Madge (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi)In the not-so-distant past a Delta native returned home with big ideas. Scott Coopwood launched his beloved Delta Magazine in 2003. It's always a treat when Delta Magazine arrives;...
LEO BUD WELCH: Sabougla Voices reviewed
By Poor William (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) VIDEOS IN POST“I believe in the Lord, but the blues speaks to life, too. Blues has a feeling just like gospel; they just don’t have...
Festival premiers Will Goss feature film CLARKSDALE plus much, much more!
By Magical Madge (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) Have you ever seen him--the skinny dude from Clarksdale who dons white spectacles and possesses a multitude of artistic abilities? Some have described him as...
SHOUTOUT to Australia from Clarksdale Mayor Luckett
By Magical Madge (Clarksdale, Mississippi) PHOTOS and VIDEO in POST! For some reason, when John Henshall says "Jump," we Jump! Henshall, Principal of Essential Economics in Melbourne, our generous host...
Jerry’s Dreamboat, Opening Right on Q – in Clarksdale!
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) PHOTOS IN POST Have a hankering for unique Mississippi Delta hot tamales? Need a fix of some killer BBQ? Then look no further than downtown...