mississippi delta

Delta Bohemian Examines Faith in the Mississippi Delta

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...
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Pip Cowan Busking His Way to Mississippi

Is it any wonder a fine fella like Pip Cowan from the Land Down Under wants to return to the Mississippi Delta? Clarksdale, Mississippi draws folks daily from all over...
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Walk With Me Lord through the Mississippi Delta

Walk With Me Lord! Walk with me. These are words I say and pray often. They come from a Traditional Spiritual song that lives deep within my heart and soul. When...
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MISSISSIPPI DELTA MUSIC CITY alive with DEEP BLUES FEST

The Mississippi Delta Music City of Clarksdale is at it again. The DEEP BLUES FEST is this Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday in Clarksdale. Lord, have mercy! They even feature GOSPEL...
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A Delta Sigh Blessing

A Delta Sigh Blessing Sunsets in the Mississippi Delta often impart a Delta Sigh Blessing. A RADIOLAND nugget from Magical Madge and Poor William while driving in the Mississippi Delta....
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CASTAWAYS – Our Only True And Faithful Companions?

“Are our only true and faithful companions castaways?” John Ruskey, on the river, Oct. 2014 Castaway: A shipwrecked person, an outcast, or anything cast adrift or thrown away. Last year at...
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THE TOUR – My Mississippi Delta Excursion with Poor William

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 was a big day for me, the day my whole trip to Clarksdale revolved about with The Tour! Delta Bohemian Chilly Billy picked me up at 10am...
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European Reflects on the Birthplace of the Blues

Initially, it was the history of Clarksdale, Birthplace of the Blues, that made me want to visit. Nearly all of the great old blues musicians lived in/around Clarksdale, or frequented the...
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Broadcaster Bill Bowker Fired Up About Clarksdale

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...
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Why folks come to the Mississippi Delta and Clarksdale

By Magical Madge WATCH DOCUMENTARY BELOW Our good friends Charlie and Henrietta Musselwhite love coming to Clarksdale. We are thankful to spend quality time with them during their visits. Serendipitously,...
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The Sharecropper Family – by Guest Bohemian Jaby Denton

By Guest Bohemian Jaby Denton In 2011, while digging through a box full of vintage photographs found on the dusty shelves in the primitive office of the Quitman County Democrat,...
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Richard Grant – Hooked on the Mississippi Delta

By Magical Madge More and more and more semi-fixtures, those who visit the Mississippi Delta over and over and over from far away places, leaving a piece of themselves each...
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