Front Porch Blues & News
Music, culture, and stories from the Delta and beyond
Lightnin Malcolm Holdin’ Down the Root with Hill Country Blues
By Poor William VIDEO The basic groove has been here all along…it’s the root of everything…it will always be there…you can go a long ways if you have that root…but...
Susan McPhail & Nick Nolte – The Pantyologist
By Poor William VIDEOS and PHOTOS (34 images) Madge and I were thrilled this week to attend a pre-screening of the hysterical comedy, A Walk in the Woods, starring Nick Nolte...
Charlie Musselwhite plays blues guitar
By Magical Madge VIDEO IN POST Billy and I relish moments when we get to enjoy meaningful dialogue with others. The two of us rarely run out of things to discuss but we...
Layne Logue: Two Cottonmouths Fight For Mating Rights
Screen capture from Video by Layne Logue of Two Male Cottonmouths in a territory fight over mating rights. By Poor William VIDEOS and PHOTO GALLERY What...
10-Year Commemoration of Hurricane Katrina
Photo from Lower Mississippi River Dispatch No. 302. Photo by Driftwood Johnnie Ruskey Quapaw Canoe Company captain extraordinaire, Mark River Peoples, is a personal friend, keeper...
“Katrina the Mule” captures the real Carlos Elliot Jr.
By Poor William VIDEOS and PHOTOS (28) Clarksdale is blessed to have many musicians who wander purposefully into our midst, often coming back time and time again. A Delta Bohemian’s favorite...
The Bitter Southerner Rides Some Wild Miles with John Ruskey
By Poor William - “The wilderness is the window of our souls, and water our smoothest passage through.” -- John Ruskey, From “River Gator,” as published in I am Coyote:...
Delta Roadtrip Links Clarksdale and Helena
By Magical Madge - A Delta Roadtrip is something I have done all my life. Being born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, traveling the highways from town to town...
KINGFISH plays ” The Star Spangled Banner “
By Magical Madge Happy July 4th! We are proud to be Americans. Friends, Bobbie and Paul Wilson, owners of WROX RADIO, have embraced this community of Clarksdale. They have made...
Clarksdale Music Venues Sound Off for the Americana Music Triangle (AMT)
By POOR WILLIAMVIDEOS and PHOTO GALLERY The recent Americana Music Triangle’s (AMT) “Gold Record Road” celebration in Clarksdale was reminiscent of the Clarksdale of my teens. Vietnam had ended, light beer...
Quapaw Canoe Co. Captain Mark “River” and the Freshwater Spawners (Not a band)
By POOR WILLIAMPHOTOS The spawn is the symbol of new life and beginnings. A time of plenty for all species, and the reassurance of the incredible, undeniable cycles of life. --...
Another Mississippi Delta Saturday Night
By POOR WILLIAMVIDEO and PHOTOS Delta folks ain’ scared of a party and that’s for damn sure. It’s always on in the Mississippi Delta: whether high-browing at the Country Club...