Front Porch Blues & News
Music, culture, and stories from the Delta and beyond
Delta Blues Museum Blues Trail Marker Unveiling
Shelley Ritter (right), director of the Delta Blues Museum, and Bill Gresham (left) president of the museum board of trustees official unveil the Mississippi Blues Trail Marker. Allison Washington of...
Clarksdale lover Performing Live at White House for Memphis Soul Concert
Charlie Musselwhite and Cyndi Lauper in the East Wing at the White House. Photo by CM By MAGICAL MADGE (Clarksdale, Mississippi) When I see Charlie Musselwhite in my email Inbox,...
Mississippi Delta Dichotomies
Poor William, Rosalind Wilcox, Daniel Vassel, Robin Colonas at New Roxy in Clarksdale. Photo by DB Extremes searching for Synthesis By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) DOCUMENTED CLARKSDALE MUSIC VIDEO The Mississippi...
Clarksdale is Smoking …
Cigars smokers enjoying themselves at Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale. A Whim by POOR WILLIAM, a reformed smoker and libertarian (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Smoke! What you gonna do with it?...
Displaced Deltan Falls in Love with Hill Country Blues. It happens!
Sean Bad Apple at Bluesberry Cafe in Clarksdale. Photo by DB. By POOR WILLIAM, a tone-deaf blues-aficionado (Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO and PHOTOS Familiar tale? “Hey man, we didn’t appreciate what...
Clarksdale Samaritans – A Place Where Perfect Strangers Wave At You
Magical Madge and Clarksdale Samaritan Jessica “Weechee” Harper in McDonalds in Clarksdale. By MAGICAL MADGE (Clarksdale, Mississippi) My wallet was found? I didn’t even know it was lost! The day...
Got Enough Money to Burn a Wet Dog During the Juke Joint Festival? DBGuest House is open.
A Wet Dog. The Dirty Dandelion. The Dirty D. Dandy. By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) DBGuesthouse.com What is meant by having enough money to burn a wet dog? Surely Poor...
Clarksdale and New York City Go Head To Head on UDIA VPELA Urban Developments Tour of USA
(Clarkdsdale, Mississippi) Going head to head with cities like New York, Chicago, New Orleans and Memphis don’t scare us none. We got it covered here in CLARKSDELTA, the Golden Buckle...
SOUNDS AROUND TOWN IN CLARKSDALE March 25th thru 31st 2013
LIVE IN CLARKSDALE March 25-31, 2013 (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Fresh off the press – SOUNDS AROUND TOWN. Check out our Watcha Gonna Do page every week to know what is LIVE IN...
A Fascination With Art: Making it Your Life – Sounds interesting, huh?
(Jackson, Mississippi) by Magical Madge – On Tuesday, April 16, 2013, you can dine while talking art in a setting that is sure to impress. How could it not? The Jackson...