Meet the Mississippi Delta native musician up close and real. Voyage Chicago publishes article titled “Meet $Daddy Rich$ (a.k.a. Richard Crisman) in Clarksdale.” Thank you Village Chicago for writing about Richard Crisman, a.k.a. $Daddy Rich$. While managing Morgan Freeman’s Madidi Restaurant, I often hired Richard, aka Daddy Rich, to play in the bar on Wednesday […]
Voyage Chicago features Clarksdale’s $Daddy Rich$ (a.k.a. Richard Crisman)
May 25, 2018 Leave a Comment
Jordi Baizan Home Concert with Alice Hasen
May 15, 2018 Leave a Comment
The Delta Bohemians Present their third Home Concert Series at the Clarksdale White House A new Home Concert is coming to the Clarksdale White House on Thursday, May 31st, featuring engaging singer-songwriter Jordi Baizan accompanied by Alice Hasen.
Hopson Commissary: Monday Evening Comin’ Down
January 30, 2018 Leave a Comment
Outside Clarksdale town listen to some awesome acoustic music. VIDEO & PHOTOS WATCH VIDEO I am increasingly drawn to Hopson Commissary’s Monday evening, acoustic, “comin’-down-easy” from the weekend, musical experience beginning at 6:00pm accompanied by free food (always a pot of something owners James & Cathy Butler have whipped up) and free music (please tip the musician […]
Lovin’ OXFORD MAGAZINE Lovin’
January 24, 2018 Leave a Comment
Clarksdalians featured in a recent issue. Check it out! Lovin’ Oxford Magazine and its lovin’. We are so very grateful for the love Oxford Magazine shows fellow Mississippians. Have you read one yet? Two recent articles titled “A Home Built For Three” and “Last-Minute Summer Getaways” featured Clarksdalians. It’s never too late to read about Clarksdale. 😎
8th CLARKSDALE FILM FESTIVAL
January 22, 2018 Leave a Comment
Features Mississippi and music films plus special guests and more! January 26-27, 2018 CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI — The 8th annual Clarksdale Film Festival returns to “Bluestown, USA” — Clarksdale, Mississippi — Friday-Saturday, January 26-27. And it’s going to be a real house party. “This is a curated film festival, so it’s not just ‘whatever films […]
Matt Rock Clarksdale House Party
November 9, 2017 2 Comments
It’s a Hill Country Thang in the MS Delta Matt Rock Clarksdale House Party was an epic night of music. VIDEOS Peep at a Clarksdale house party evening for the hard-core-all-night-long-hill-country folks. Prior to two weeks ago the most serendipitous musical encounter I had experienced was in 2012 in Aussie Matt Rock’s backyard in a […]
Clarksdale Taxi Cab Driver Been At It 50+ Years
October 30, 2017 4 Comments
“The Tourists is trying to bring this town back up.” – Mr. Roosevelt Noah, aka “Ro” or “Jolly” – VIDEO & PHOTOS Clarksdale Taxi Cab Driver, Mr. Roosevelt Noah, born in 1946, also known as “Ro” or “Jolly,” knows the streets of Clarksdale like no other. He has been ferrying folks to where they need […]
Deak Harp Performing Impromptu for DB Touristas
October 28, 2017 Leave a Comment
Visitors to his customized harmonica shop often get a surprise show! – PHOTOS & VIDEOS Deak Harp knows how to make the ladies smile. Magical Madge had some cool chicks staying at the Clarksdale White House and Delta Bohemian Guest House recently. Several took a Delta Bohemian Tour, which included a visit to Deak Harp’s […]
Delta Blues Museum Issues URGENT CALL For Your Help
October 27, 2017 Leave a Comment
USE IT OR LOSE IT. Deadline is Tuesday, OCTOBER 31, 2017. Delta Blues Museum issues Urgent Call for your help! They have been approved for a $30,000 grant that must be matched dollar-for-dollar by Tuesday, October 31, 2017, in order to receive the grant money! Would you or your business please consider giving a tax-deductible donation to […]
CraigCat on an Oxbow with Chilly Billy
June 26, 2017 Leave a Comment
Delta Bohemian Tours off-road on the water! [VIDEO] What’s that? A CraigCat on an Oxbow?!! Hey Man, this is Chilly Billy Howell, your personal tour guide with DELTA BOHEMIAN TOURS (deltabohemiantours.com). When I am not giving tours to folks visiting the Mississippi Delta, I am touring myself around. Check out a visit on a local oxbow […]
Clarksdale Sunday Afternoon Music at Levon’s Bar & Grill
June 12, 2017 Leave a Comment
The Blackwater Trio groovin’ at Levon’s Clarksdale Sunday Afternoon Music at Levon’s Bar & Grill [VIDEO] Groovin’, on a Sunday afternoon Really couldn’t get away too soon I can’t imagine anything that’s better The world is ours whenever we’re together There ain’t a place I’d like to be instead of Groovin’…The Rascals Dude, it’s all about […]
Greatest Radio Station in the Whole Wide World
May 4, 2017 Leave a Comment
XRDS.fm from The Crossroads in Clarksdale – We ain’t lyin’! 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, […]
CLICK MAGAZINE Hit the Road in March 2017
May 4, 2017 Leave a Comment
From food to fashion to hidden gems to Clarksdale’s Delta Bohemians CLICK MAGAZINE hit the road, Jack, for their new March 2017 issue. Editor Casey Hilder contacted Chilly Billy and requested an unexpected and unsolicited sit-down with Clarksdale’s Delta Bohemians. In addition to the Up Front Interview with us called “A Delta Bohemian Rhapsody,” they […]
CLARKSDALE GOSPEL MUSIC POWER HOUR
May 3, 2017 Leave a Comment
Featuring recorded gospel music for one hour in Downtown Clarksdale, Sunday, May 7 from 2:30-3:30PM. Bring a chair or a blanket. Clarksdale Gospel Music Power Hour will make its debut on Sunday, May 7, 2017 in Downtown Clarksdale. You are invited to the Delta Avenue Park (200 block) from 2:30-3:30PM for an hour of recorded, uplifting gospel music in […]
Incredibly Unique Experience in Clarksdale
April 14, 2017 1 Comment
Hey, man, I’m pissed. Where do you start? The following is a transcript from the above RADIOLAND VIDEO with Chilly Billy. Hey, man, I’m pissed. Where do you start? I just was patronizing an establishment in Clarksdale and had an incredibly unique experience. The person that was serving me just mentioned how ugly some people over there were treating […]
Delta Bohemian Examines Faith in the Mississippi Delta
April 6, 2017 Leave a Comment
Why is faith so important here? Faith is a crucial component in the lives of most Deltans, and to understand the Mississippi Delta it is imperative to be acutely cognizant of the prominence faith in the Judeo-Christian God of the Bible plays informing and guiding individual and collective Deep South identities. The Delta Bohemian’s voice—often […]
Jimmy Hughes tunes his dial to 88.1 XRDSfm
February 13, 2017 4 Comments
Clarksdalian Coach Hughes hooked to XRDS.fm Jimmy Hughes made my day! While walking across the intersection of Yazoo and East 2nd Street last Friday,
Delta Blues Museum Birthday Bash – MONDAY at 4!
January 27, 2017 1 Comment
Celebrate, Support and Hear some Outstanding Young People Sing and Play!!! The Delta Blues Museum Birthday Bash is Monday, January 30th from 4-6pm. You will hear special performances from the Coahoma Community College Choir, Greenville High School Voices of Liberation, Madison Palmer High School Marching Band AND the award-winning Delta Blues Museum Band. THAT is reason enough […]
KEEP CLARKSDALE RESPONSES from People Who Care
January 26, 2017 Leave a Comment
A Summary of Thoughts From Respondents Keep Clarksdale Responses from People Who Care. “Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.” — Eleanor Roosevelt “Keep Clarksdale” was a post on deltabohemian.com two weeks ago. The intent was to solicit ideas and provide a forum for anybody wanting to voice suggestions on […]
Touring Serendipity Connects Clarksdale, Cleveland and Greenwood
January 13, 2017 Leave a Comment
Expect the unexpected. Expect it. (VIDEOS AND PHOTOS IN POST) Touring serendipity connects Clarksdale, Cleveland and Greenwood on just another day in the Mississippi Delta, a special place rife with ubiquity—we never know what we will see or whom we will encounter. Expect the unexpected. Expect it.
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