Clarksdale, Mississippi – VIDEO IN POST Wednesday night September 26, 2012 at the New Roxy in downtown Clarksdale, “all up in” the New World District, local artist, Randall Andrews, had a well-attended showing of his creative and unique mixed-media expressions using Delta debris and found objects, hence the name of his business DELTA DEBRIS. Enjoy […]
Visual Recap of a Night at the New Roxy: Featuring Clarksdale Artist Randall Andrews
Southern Living Magazine Scenic Route brings many literature lovers through Clarksdale
VIDEO INTERVIEW IN POST Literati from all over America have been traveling a well-beaten Mississippi path from Jackson to Clarksdale and on to Oxford—Faulkner’s stomping grounds and his home Rowan Oak. In the January 2012 issue of Southern Living magazine, the travel section featured, “The Scenic Route: Mississippi’s Literary Trail.” As a result, well over […]
Photos of Another Sunday Afternoon at Hopson and the Shack Up Inn: Pinetop Perkins Homecoming and Cameron N’ Malcolm
Photos of Another Sunday Afternoon at Hopson Commissary and Shack Up Inn: Pinetop Perkins Homecoming Celebration plus Malcolm Lightnin’ and Cameron Kimbrough Two major gigs were going down in Hopson, Mississippi on Sunday, October 9th. The Shack Up Inn had local blues favorites, Cameron Kimbrough and Lightnin’ Malcolm rocking the Juke Joint […]
New Cassidy Bayou Art and Culture Center to Open in Sumner with Spectacular Exhibition Featuring New Photographs by William Eggleston and Paintings by Desaix Anderson
SUMNER, Mississippi Desaix and Buford Anderson are opening an art and culture center in their native Sumner, Mississippi. The newly named Cassidy Bayou Gallery will house art space to promote exhibits primarily featuring emerging Mississippi artists. In addition to the gallery, the brothers plan to charter the non-profit Cassidy Bayou Art and Culture Foundation to […]
The Delta Bohemian Moves to Downtown Clarksdale
The Delta Bohemian Moves to Downtown Clarksdale The Delta Bohemian has set up shop in downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi, 149 Delta Avenue to be exact–right next door to
Que feras-tu? Or…What Will You Do?!! Posted 8-2-11
Que feras-tu? Vous ne savez pas? Eh bien, laissez-nous vous aider. Si vous êtes partout dans le delta du Mississippi et surtout Clarksdale, ont un regard sur certains événements qui se déroulent autour de la ville. Confused? Don’t be. A group of “Frenchies” passed through Clarksdale this past week on their blues tour through the […]
Ken Murphy: A Coastal Bohemian’s Testament to Fate
KEN MURPHY: A Coastal Bohemian’s Testament to Fate By LEE COMMER PHARR Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend the launching of the Mississippi: State of the Blues exhibit at the Delta Blues Museum displaying photography from the book of the same title written by Scott Barretta and Ken Murphy. The authors attended and […]
Watcha Gonna Do?
By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Why are Americans too often defined by their vocations? Is it the sum of our existence? Poor William says, “NO!” We are more than our jobs; we should be defined by our recreational and familial relationships and passions as well. Magical Madge recently gave notice at her place of employment […]
Helpless On Mississippi Highway 6
By CORINNE VANCE (Clarksdale, Mississippi) The beat of a heart or the flutter of a bird’s wings, things we expect to happen in the blink of an eye. What significance does one second of the day out of 86,400 have? It may claim ownership of a kiss on the cheek, the flash of a camera […]
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