Month: April 2012

Ferriday, Louisiana’s
SOUL SURVIVORS FESTIVAL

Third annual Soul Survivors Festival features real-deal Mississippi blues acts like Elmo Williams, Hezekiah Early, Lil’ Poochie and YZ Ealey… in addition to great Louisiana acts like the Angola State Prison Band… and more!  Home of the Delta Music Museum and a MS Blues Trail Marker, Ferriday is birthplace of Jerry Lee Lewis and promoted as “Where Music is Born.”  Daytime music is free… plus there are fun children’s activities all day long.  More details at www.ferridaymusic.com.

MS BLUES TRAIL MARKER DEDICATION:
“Blues Foundation” Marker Ceremony
Friday, May 11, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Memphis, Tennessee

(This is the day after the Blues Music Awards in Memphis.)

April 27-28 – Double Decker Arts Festival     

Oxford, MS
http://www.oxfordcvb.com/doubledecker/2010/index.html


Rock music plus roots & blues acts including Jimbo Mathus, Funky Meters, Kenny Brown and the legendary Mavis Staples.

New Roxy
Clarksdale, MS
Issaquena (New World District)

Wed., 4/25 – All Night Long Blues Band, 8pm.

Mark Camarigg, of Living Blues Magazine, will present a talk onThe Business of the Blues tonight at 6 PM in the JobeAuditorium on the DSU campus.  A reception will begin at 5:30.  This isfree and open to the public. (Info via Dr. Luther Brown at Delta State University’s Delta Center.)

RED’S LOUNGE juke joint
Clarksdale, Mississippi

FRI – Robert “Wolfman” Belfour, 9pm — as seen in M for Mississippi
SAT – Space Cowboy & the Blues Posse, 9pm
SUN – live blues TBA, 7pm

Hit the Road presents Ben Payton 4/19 at Georgia Blue in Madison starting at 7:00

Alcorn State University

32nd Annual Jazz Festival

“All-star gathering”

Terri Lyne Carrington

Mulgrew Miller

Russell Malone

Saturday • APRIL 21st

Vicksburg Convention Center

All-Day Event • FREE • Public Invited

 

9:30 am – 3:30 pm

Performances by University and High School

Jazz Ensembles from around the Southeast

VCC

1:15 – 3 pm

Performances by Jazz Ensembles

RiverFest North Stage, Washington Street

4:00 pm

All Stars Workshop

VCC

7:00 pm

Performance by MS Jazz Educators

VCC

8:00 pm

International All Star Group takes the stage

featuring

Recent Grammy Winner Terri Lyne Carrington

Piano Legend Mulgrew Miller

Guitar Great Russell Malone

 

Contact

Dr. David Miller • 601-877-6602

davemilleralcorn@yahoo.com

Blues DeeJays Marker Ceremony
Friday, April 20, 2012 at 3:00 PM
503 Ione Street
Greenwood, MS

Channel Ziltch

Clarksdale, MS

Third St., downtown


Wed 4/11 – live music, 9pm

Thurs 4/12 – KM Williams & Washboard Jackson, 9pm

Fri 4/13 – Johnny No, 9pm

Sat 4/14 – JUKE FEST VENUE w/All Night Long Blues Band & Miss Lonette, 9pm

Sun 4/15 – weekly jam, 2pm