Front Porch Blues & News

Music, culture, and stories from the Delta and beyond

Juke Joint Chapel Jumps for Janet

Clarksdale, MississippiRecent Coahoma County transplant Janet Coursin treated herself and bevy of friends to a swinging good time at the Shack Up Inn's Juke Joint Chapel. The party was a...
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Herons & Otters: February is “Sunflower River Month”

By DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIESat, Feb 19th @ 12noon -- Meeting for Friends of the Sunflower River  -- Open to the public -- at Quapaw Canoe Company -- Street level 3rd &...
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Get It Done – a music video in the making in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, CLARKSDALE!

By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Behind the scenes at Vincent Productions in the heart of the Mississippi Delta in Clarksdale, Mississippi, producer, songwriter and musician Gary Vincent has been working...
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But isn’t it Dirty? No, it’s the Sunflower!

By DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIE (John Ruskey is a contributing writer to The Delta Bohemian) Sat, Feb 19th @ 12 noon -- Meeting for Friends of the Sunflower River -- at Quapaw...
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Selected Scenes from the Clarksdale Film Festival

Selected Scenes from the 1st Annual Clarksdale Film Festival   The 1st Annual Clarksdale Film Festival was held in the downtown area last weekend. It included an array of short...
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Clarksdale Film Festival

FRONT PORCH BLUES: Clarksdale Film Festival Great Southern Films, Music Documentaries and More January 27 - 30, 2011 The following is information listed on the CLARKSDALE FILM FESTIVAL website. Roger...
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REDS BLUES LOUNGE: Tips in da Bucket

A recent night in the heart of the Mississippi Delta in Clarksdale, MS, The Delta Bohemian found himself at Red's Blues Lounge where Mary "Action" Jackson was singing with the...
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Any Given Wednesday at GZBC

(Clarksdale, Mississippi)Her name is Miranda. Miranda Mulholland. She is from Toronto. She is Bohemian. She is an Artist. She is a Fiddler beyond compare. She played at Ground Zero Blues...
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Clarksdale, MS itinerant Japanese Blues Musician and GZBC Semi-fixture “EY”

(Clarksdale, Mississippi) EY is a semi-fixture in Clarksdale, MS and can be seen often in Ground Zero Blues Club as well as many other locations around town. We call him...
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BIG T in da house at GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB

John Deere Christmas Tractor in the Clarksdale Mississippi Delta Christmas Parade. by The Delta Bohemian Clarksdale, Mississippi) Local Blues legend Big T and drumming prodigy Lee...
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Delta Bohemian – what is it?

(Clarksdale, Mississippi)DELTA BOHEMIAN established November 2010 The Delta Bohemian: Celebrating Constancy and Diversity in the Mississippi Delta ABOUT US: It is a Mississippi Delta Literary Perspective from the Delta Bohemians...
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