Front Porch Blues & News
Music, culture, and stories from the Delta and beyond
Mark River Blogs about Healing and Eagles
Mighty Quapaw Mark River Peoples. Photo by DELTA BOHEMIAN By MAGICAL MADGE CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Faithfully, every week, Quapaw Canoe Company‘s John Ruskey shoots me an email about recent past, present and future...
Maude Schuyler Clay DELTA DOGS book signings
Cover of Maude Schuyler Clay DELTA DOGS book By MAGICAL MADGE GREENWOOD, OXFORD, JACKSON, CLEVELAND, SUMNER, CLARKSDALE, VICKSBURG, PASS CHRISTIAN, Mississippi Like you encouraged me to do, Maudie, I am waiting...
RUST Restaurant Reopens at SHACK UP INN
RUST Restaurant in Clarksdale at the 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...
Westside Family Medical Clinic picks SUMNER
Dr. Larry Tucker with Receptionist and LPN Jarred Jenkins in front of the Westside Family Medical Clinic By MAGICAL MADGE SUMNER, Mississippi If you grew up in the Mississippi Delta, you never...
Maven in Coahoma May and Love Delights
Delta Bohemian Garden with the famed Spitting Frog Fountain By MAGICAL MADGE CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Not only does she have the ability to take just about any object and turn it into...
What do Delta Bohemian Excursions look like?
Poor William on his Delta Bohemian Excursion stops at Red Shack on Stovall Plantation By MAGICAL MADGE (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) PHOTO GALLERY and VIDEO[foothumbnailgallery id=”4554″]The Delta Bohemian® is discovering splendid ways to...
Another NEW ROXY Night in Clarksdale
NEW ROXY in Clarksdale CLARKSDALE, Mississippi VIDEO and PHOTO SLIDESHOW The outstanding Clarksdale open air music/event venue began it’s Summer hiatus until the week of King Biscuit Festival in October 2014...
Anthony Bourdain and the Mississippi Delta
Poor William and Red Paden made the cut on Anthony Bourdain’s CNN Parts Unknown show By MAGICAL MADGE CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Just read the Anthony Bourdain blog post about his CNN...
Baker Patton: the Cheesecake Baker Man
Baker Patton admiring his Snickers Cheesecake. 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...
Charlie Patton’s War Does not Suck! – Juke Joint
And, that’s for damn sure! Charlie Patton’s War during Juke Joint Festival 2014 Clarksdale By BILLY “POOR WILLIAM” HOWELL CLARKSDALE, Mississippi One of our finest Southern superlatives includes the qualifier “…...