Delta Bohemian® and CLARKSDELTA T-Shirts Back in stock! Our First Edition Delta Bohemian T-Shirts were first introduced in 2011. This is a super comfortable, military green/hemp colored, pre-shrunk t-shirt with Delta Bohemian® across the front. We have been told by many this is their favorite t-shirt ever! The brands we use are Authentic Pigment and […]
Greatest Radio Station in the Whole Wide World
May 4, 2017 Leave a Comment
I just can’t help talking like my friend, Clarksdale’s friend and friend of Blues lovers the whole wide world over, Charlie Musselwhite. Charlie regularly refers to the whole wide world, and I do believe XRDS.FM is the greatest radio station in the whole wide world, and “I ain’t lyin,’” another Charlie phrase. And, I ain’t!
Jimmy Hughes tunes his dial to 88.1 XRDSfm
February 13, 2017 4 Comments
Jimmy Hughes made my day! While walking across the intersection of Yazoo and East 2nd Street last Friday,
WXXO – XRDS.fm Now On Air in Clarksdale
November 30, 2016 10 Comments
WXXO – XRDS.fm now on the air in Clarksdale, the Birthplace of the Blues. At 12:35 PM on Saturday, November 19th, WXXO, went ‘On the Air’ and launched Clarksdale’s 24 hour blues and roots radio station, known as XRDS.fm. The station broadcasts from Downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi at 88.1 FM, and is streaming on www.internet-radio.com/station/xrds/, as well […]
Broadcaster Bill Bowker Fired Up About Clarksdale
November 21, 2015 Leave a Comment
By Magical Madge Watch the Video Daedalus Howell interviews the legendary Bill Bowker about his long-lasting radio broadcasting career and his love of blues music and its roots. In their exchange, beginning around minute 13:13, Howell mentions the radio host’s new venture/venue by mentioning “Clarksdale….this is huge!” And they are off!
Third Coahoma to Sonoma County Blues Festival
August 16, 2014 3 Comments
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO!) What do Coahoma and Sonoma Counties have in common other than alliteration? Well, some awesome blues, Lagunitas beer, Bill Bowker, Charlie Musselwhite, Charles Evans, remarkable bucolic scenery and some musician swapping—it’s legal and even moral! Coahoma County in Mississippi is home to county seat, Clarksdale, Mississippi, birthplace of the […]
What do Lagunitas Brewing Company and Watermelon Slim have in common? A successful blues festival in Sonoma County
August 24, 2012 Leave a Comment
Petaluma, CA – If you saw our post COAHOMA TO SONOMA COUNTY BLUES FESTIVAL: We Like The Sounds Of That! you may be wondering how things turned out over the weekend. Our friend Bill Bowker, known for his radio shows at The KRUSH, sent us a juicy email with a link to a fine […]
Coahoma to Sonoma County Blues Festival – We like the sounds of that!
August 18, 2012 1 Comment
While Clarksdale welcomes the American Idol Small Town Audition Bus Tour this Sunday at the Delta Blues Museum, two of our favorite musicians – Watermelon Slim and Lightnin’ Malcolm – will be serenading our good friends Bill Bowker and Charlie Musselwhite of KRSH, plus a whole lotta lucky folks in Petaluma, California. COAHOMA TO […]
All That Glitters … Robert Plant to Headline 25th Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival 2012 in Clarksdale
March 5, 2012 2 Comments
NEWS By Poor William Email: [email protected] CLARKSDALE, MS (deltabohemian.com) – Clarksdale might have lost Morgan Freeman’s Madidi Restaurant last Thursday, but hearts and hopes were assuaged this past weekend upon hearing the incredible lineup slated for this year’s Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival: Plant, Musselwhite, and Rush. Kinda sounds like flora and fauna! Most […]
Blues Music Awards 2011 – A Delta Bohemian Perspective
May 26, 2011 1 Comment
VIDEO plus PHOTOS The DELTA BOHEMIANS® Magical Madge and Poor William recently attended their first Blues Music Awards (BMA’s) in Memphis along with Delta Bohemian’s Roger Stolle, owner of Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art in Clarksdale, Mississippi; Becky Bobo, friend of the Magical one’s; Sarah Ruskey, cool-ass wife of Quapaw Canoe Company’s […]
Come Out To Play!
March 24, 2011 6 Comments
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Inspired by the 1979 cult classic movie The Warriors, The Delta Bohemians, Magical Madge and Poor William, have created a 45-second radio spot for play on the West Coast. This radio spot will first be aired on
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