CLARKSDALE, Mississippi — VIDEO in post Please enjoy this video taken on Sunday, April 13, 2014 of Kayla N. Wigley and Kandis Nichole Wigley-Webb, daughter, mother and sisters in Christ, at the First Presbyterian Church in Clarksdale. They sang “He Wants It All” by Dominique Jones of the group forever JONES, a Christian gospel group formed by […]
Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival Lineup and Map 2014
April 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) Here is your link to the 11th Annual Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival Lineup beginning on Thursday, April 10. →→→CLARKSDALE JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL LINEUP←←← Thank you Roger Stolle and Nan Hughes for this super downtown map for Clarksdale — a Daytime Music Stages and Events Map and a Night Time Venues Map. We have been […]
Rock and Blues Museum has Live Music during Juke Joint Festival
April 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) The Rock and Blues Museum is proud to announce their live music lineup, exhibits, reception and fundraiser for Thursday, April 10 – Saturday, April 12 during the 11th Annual Juke Joint Festival 2014. Be sure to drop by and say hello to Theo Dasbach! FREE JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL Rock & Blues Museum Events […]
NEW ROXY Clarksdale Open for JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL 2014
April 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) The NEW ROXY in the Historic New World District in Downtown Clarksdale is not to be missed during the week of Juke Joint Festival 2014. Owner Robin Colonas.
Pedicab Tours in Clarksdale – Say what?!
April 3, 2014 Leave a Comment
By BILLY “Poor William” Howell (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) MULTIPLE VIDEOS IN POST New Delta Bohemian® Excursions Pedicab Service Debuts in Downtown Clarksdale CLARKSDALE HOT SPOTS TOUR Reservations/Pickup 662-645-9197 or poorwilliam@deltabohemian.com Are you ready? Hell yea, damn right, hotties need a toddy, my legs is mighty-mighty, who in the hell are we? Hey! New Service, pedal-power, rent Poor […]
WILL TO CHANGE premiers at Crossroads Film Festival
March 31, 2014 Leave a Comment
By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) TRAILER IN POST I’ve been worshiping with William Kozielski for over a year now. Initially we attended the traditionally black New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale on MLK Boulevard. Then, our pastor, the gifted servant of the Lord, Mark Webb, announced he was leaving! Mark left and is […]
April is Muddy Waters Month at DBM and Blues at Home in Oxford
March 25, 2014 Leave a Comment
By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL (CLARKSDALE and OXFORD, Mississippi) The above poster caught my eye while walking out of the Juke Joint Chapel at the Shack Up Inn on Monday night. What a cool idea. “April is Muddy Waters Month at the Delta Blues Museum!” The staff at the DBM kicks off their Month Long […]
“Charlie Patton’s War” Right Here in Clarksdale
March 5, 2014 Leave a Comment
By Poor William VIDEO IN POST (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) Twas just another serendipitous Sunday night at the Shack Up Inn. My dawg, Joey Young, local artist and Shack Shaker, called and said there was a band named Charlie Patton’s War who was gonna jam a bit. Well, hell yeah, I’ll swing by. The band’s name was […]
Pastry Chef E’Lane Bobo Williams Shines
February 25, 2014 Leave a Comment
A sweet, Mississippi Delta, Clarksdale girl headed to Memphis soon after studying Patisserie at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She landed behind the scenes as the Pastry Chef for the artsy, open kitchen Interim Restaurant and Bar. Her name is E’Lane Bobo Williams; her father originally hailed from Bobo, Mississippi, a little town about 5 […]
Delta Magazine launches “The Ultimate Insider’s Guide”
January 28, 2014 1 Comment
By Magical Madge (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) In the not-so-distant past a Delta native returned home with big ideas. Scott Coopwood launched his beloved Delta Magazine in 2003. It’s always a treat when Delta Magazine arrives; it feels like getting a special present. The latest issue has long been the topic of conversations at cocktail parties, coffee shops and dinner tables. […]
Festival premiers Will Goss feature film CLARKSDALE plus much, much more!
January 22, 2014 Leave a Comment
By Magical Madge (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) Have you ever seen him–the skinny dude from Clarksdale who dons white spectacles and possesses a multitude of artistic abilities? Some have described him as an Underground Experimental Filmmaker, Musician, Writer, Screenwriter, Director, Actor and Mississippi Delta boy. He can now include Teacher. (He is the new Film Professor at […]
SHOUTOUT to Australia from Clarksdale Mayor Luckett
December 4, 2013 Leave a Comment
By Magical Madge (Clarksdale, Mississippi) PHOTOS and VIDEO in POST! For some reason, when John Henshall says “Jump,” we Jump! Henshall, Principal of Essential Economics in Melbourne, our generous host during our trip down under last year, was having another one of his Blues n’ Ribs Party with none other than the Delta’s own Watermelon Slim and […]
Jerry’s Dreamboat, Opening Right on Q – in Clarksdale!
November 29, 2013 2 Comments
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) PHOTOS IN POST Have a hankering for unique Mississippi Delta hot tamales? Need a fix of some killer BBQ? Then look no further than downtown Clarksdale, MS, birthplace of the blues. Jerry McCray, of Jerry’s Hot Tamales, and Charles Evans, owner of Clark House Residential Inn, have teamed up to […]
The Frank McClory Project NEW CD Release Celebration
October 14, 2013 Leave a Comment
(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) Two friends had a crazy idea and then they actually did it. On Tuesday, October 15 at 3pm, immediately following their live interview with “Sunshine” Sonny Payne, photographer Gary Duane Buth and his gifted musician friend Frank McClory, both of The Frank McClory Project, will land at the Delta Bohemian on Delta Avenue […]
Happy Birthday Delta Bohemian Guest House!
August 21, 2013 Leave a Comment
by Marilyn Trainor Storey – The MS Design Maven (Clarksdale, Mississippi) MY DELTA: Art in the City Apartment, Happy Birthday Delta Bohemian Guest House! It is no secret, I spend a lot of time in Clarksdale, in the Mississippi Delta, my birthplace and home of The Blues. I first blogged about Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 2011 […]
Trivia Night at the Stony Pony on Nine-Eleven
August 14, 2013 Leave a Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) The Delta Bohemian® is hosting another night of trivia at the, what did a visiting New Zealander call it, Stony Pony in Clarksdale Wednesday, September 11, 2013 beginning at 7:00-7:30. If you have never attended, we think now is the time if you are able. CATEGORIES for TRIVIA NIGHT: Nine-Eleven, Terrorism, and Signs & Wonders […]
DB Trivia Night at Stone Pony August 7th. It’s all about the Delta.
August 6, 2013 Leave a Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Delta Bohemian Trivia Night at Stone Pony Pizza! August 7th. Y’all Come! The Delta Bohemian will be hosting its third monthly trivia night tomorrow at Stone Pony Pizza on Delta Avenue starting soon after 7pm. Categories you ask? DELTA BOHEMIAN, MISSISSIPPI DELTA, and DELTA BLUES! Poor William never was a trickster when he taught […]
Are there any good restaurants in Clarksdale?
August 6, 2013 Leave a Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) When a long-time annual visitor to our Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival contacted me today and asked a simple question,”Where are we going to eat?!” I felt sorry for him. He feels just like we locals do.
Kathryn’s Restaurant at Moon Lake is only minutes from Clarksdale
July 16, 2013 6 Comments
By Magical Madge and Poor William (Dundee, Mississippi) VIDEO When I heard in the Spring of 2012 that blues musician John Mohead, along with wife Jenn and sons Jack and Henry, had purchased Moon Lake’s Kathryn’s Restaurant, I knew the place was destined to make a comeback. We had seen ownership change numerous times over […]
Hope Becomes Faith – a poem about a miracle
July 14, 2013 Leave a Comment
By unnamed Guest Bohemian (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Submission by a long-time local Clarksdale business man who quietly and beautifully puts his thoughts to pen and paper–sometimes in a song, sometimes in a poem. We are blessed that he would share this treasure with the Delta Bohemian®. After reading a poem written by a terminally ill young […]
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