CLEVELAND: GRAMMY Digital Museum program series…

ITS POPULAR PUBLIC PROGRAM SERIES AS PART OF ITS DIGITAL MUSEUM ON MUSEUM’S WEBSITE

FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDE INGRID ANDRESS,
BRANDY CLARK, KEVIN CRONIN OF REO SPEEDWAGON, ECHOSMITH, JIM LAUDERDALE, KIP MOORE,
CAITLYN SMITH, THE SHINE DOWN, SOUL ASYLUM,
WEBB WILDER, AND MORE

WHO:
Confirmed artists participating in the Museum’s new digital Public Program series include Ingrid Andress, Brandy Clark, Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon, Echosmith, Jim Lauderdale, Kip Moore, Caitlyn Smith, The Shine Down, Soul Asylum, Webb Wilder, and more artists to be announced soon via the GRAMMY Museum’s social channels and website.
WHAT:
The GRAMMY Museum® announces the debut of its popular Public Program series as part of its Digital Museum on the Museum’s website, starting with Soul Asylum this Saturday, April 18, followed by Caitlyn Smith on Monday, April 20. The Museum cancelled all upcoming programs during its closure until further notice in light of COVID-19. The Museum’s Public Program series normally takes place in its 200-seat Clive Davis Theater at the GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live, but will now be recorded via Zoom and released on the Museum’s website. The series features interviews with moderator Scott Goldman and will be released every week throughout the Museum’s indefinite closure. Since the GRAMMY Museum opened 12 years ago, it has offered more than 900 Public Programs.
 
The Museum has also been releasing free digital content, including never-before-released archival Public Program footage, exhibit slideshows that feature past exhibitions, digital educational content and lessons plans, and continuing its mission of paying tribute to our musical heritage and bringing our community together through music. The Museum is sharing daily playlists and thoughts curated by its staff, including the guest services and security team members, in an effort to continue keeping all employees engaged during this closure.
WHEN:
The first digital Public Programs to be released will be Soul Asylum this Saturday, April 18, followed by Caitlyn Smith on Monday, April 20. Upcoming dates will be announced soon via the Museum’s social channels and website.
WHERE:
The digital Public Program series will be released as part of the Digital Museum on the Museum’s Website: grammymuseum.org
ABOUT THE GRAMMY MUSEUM
The GRAMMY Museum is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating a greater understanding of the history and significance of music through exhibits, education, grants, preservation initiatives, and public programming. Paying tribute to our collective musical heritage, the Museum explores and celebrates all aspects of the art form — from the technology of the recording process to the legends who’ve made lasting marks on our cultural identity.
 
For more information, visit www.grammymuseum.org, “like” the GRAMMY Museum on Facebook, and follow @GRAMMYMuseum on Twitter and Instagram.
CONTACTS
 
Jasmine Lywen-Dill
Communications Manager, GRAMMY Museum
T. 213.725.5703
jlywen-dill@grammymuseum.org

 

CLARKSDALE: Ground Zero live-streaming blues event!

GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB… VIRTUAL “The Quarantine Series” live-streaming event!
#gzthequarantineseries is live right here on Facebook at 8 PM. Simply click on the event (if you mark interested, Facebook will notify you!) and voila..a live #gzblues concert right in your living room! It’s a charity event to help our treasured artists and staff during the pandemic. Give what you can.
https://www.paypal.me/ groundzeroblues

CLARKSDALE Virtual Juke Joint Festival Celebration to stream live!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mississippi streams “Virtual Juke Joint Festival Celebration” live from Clarksdale
Clarksdale, Mississippi (April 15, 2020) — This weekend’s planned Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi, may be on hiatus till next year due to Covid-19, but fans from around the world can now enjoy a daylong online celebration in its place.
Organizers announced this week that the first-ever Virtual Juke Joint Festival Celebration will stream Saturday, April 18th, via www.LiveFromClarksdale.org from 12 noon to 9 p.m. CDT. It will be followed by the world-premiere of the new film Juke Joint Festival Revisited at 9 p.m.
“Thanks to our partners at Shared Experiences USA and Ted Reed Productions, we’ve assembled a daylong celebration of our furloughed festival that everyone can enjoy online,” said Nan Hughes, co-organizer of Juke Joint Festival. “With the generous support of our amazing musicians, Visit Mississippi, Visit Clarksdale, the Walton Family Foundation and others, the Virtual Juke Joint Festival Celebration will be a free event.”
While the 9 hours of live-streamed blues and roots music are free, fans are encouraged to tip musicians through PayPal and Venmo. The filmmakers also invite fans to consider a donation to the Blues Foundation’s Covid-19 Fund and the MS Blues Foundation’s Blues Musician Fund.
“Through the magic of the world wide web, we’ll be streaming live performances from Clarksdale to Columbia, from New Orleans to Nashville,” explained Roger Stolle, Juke Joint Festival co-founder. “Confirmed acts include Reverend Peyton, Johnny Rawls, Jimbo Mathus, Lucious Spiller, Grace Askew, Watermelon Slim and many more who were originally booked to play this year’s Juke Joint Festival.”
The daylong celebration will conclude with the world-premiere of Juke Joint Festival Revisited, created by Grammy- and Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker Ted Reed and shot at last year’s festival. Preview trailer at youtu.be/77MjILSQPOc.
The live-streamed portion of the celebration will feature some 27 acts performing at home or in small, no-audience venues thanks to event partner Colleen Buyers, founder of Shared Experiences USA and Live From Clarksdale.
 

“Following the Virtual Juke Joint party, we’ll continue streaming music Live From Clarksdale all 7 nights a week. During the pandemic, Shared Experiences is coordinating and promoting daily live-streamed musical performances,” said Buyers. “Prior to the crisis, Clarksdale already had 365 nights of live blues. Now, musicians are playing ‘Live From Clarksdale’ to living rooms around the world until the clubs can reopen and everyone can visit Clarksdale again.”

With the support of Visit Clarksdale, Visit Mississippi and the Clarksdale Chamber of Commerce, Live From Clarksdale has just launched to stream daily live performances via its centralized listing at www.LiveFromClarksdale.org. Now, even in the midst of the health crisis, the blues can stay alive in the land where it was born.
Stolle reminds blues fans and tourists to plan now for next year’s April 15-18, 2021, Juke Joint Festival & Related Events (www.JukeJointFestival.com) in downtown Clarksdale — and to Visit Mississippi (www.VisitMississippi.org) in-person just as soon as the health crisis is over.
WHAT: Virtual Juke Joint Festival Celebration
WHEN: April 18, 2020 – noon-10pm CDT
WHERE: www.facebook.com/livefromclarksdale
COST: free; tips go directly to the musicians
2020 INFO: www.LiveFromClarksdale.org
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CLARKSDALE: Virtual Sounds Around Town calendar…

Welcome to  another “VIRTUALSOUNDS AROUND TOWN! Clarksdale, Mississippi, is world-famous for its 7 nights of live blues music every week (plus over a dozen annual festivals). During our current national health crisis, musicians and venues are moving to the worldwide web. Watch the virtual LIVE STREAM concerts below, and donate online to support those keeping the blues alive.

GO HERE for updated schedule and links: https://www.sharedexperiencesusa.com/livefromclarksdale

( All Clarksdale times are CDT. All performances also livestreamed on Instagram when possible: @SharedExperiencesUSA. Plus, follow via hashtag #LiveFromClarksdale on Facebook and Instagram.)

Wednesday, 4/8 – 8-9:30pm – Lucious Spiller’s Facebook page: Lucci Spiller live.  

Thursday, 4/9 – 1-2:30pm – Lucious Spiller’s Facebook page: Lucci Spiller live matinee for friends overseas.

Friday, 4/10 – 7-8pm – J.H. Sitton live on their Facebook and Instagram.

Saturday, 4/11 – 8-9:30pm – Lucious Spiller’s Facebook page: Lucci Spiller live.

Sunday, 4/12 – 1-2pm – Mississippi Marshall’s Facebook page: The Social Distancing Tour. Note: Marshall every Sunday at 1pm!

Monday, 4/13 – 2pm – Bluesberry Cafe Facebook page: Lala Craig. Note: Bluesberry will host every Monday.

Tuesday, 4/14 – 7-8pm – Live blues TBA at Hambone Art Gallery. Note: Hambone will host every Tuesday.

PLUS, more musicians including Blackwater Duo, David Dunavent, Sean “Bad” Apple and others coming soon to this space!

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UPDATED CLARKSDALE BUSINESS HOURS
VisitClarksdale.com tourism office is tracking updates at https://www.visitclarksdale.com/updated-business-hours.
CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART (252 Delta Ave.)
Shop expanded Web Store at www.cathead.biz (shipping daily); curbside service/local deliveries possible (email roger@cathead.biz).
ALSO, PLEASE NOTE…
Clarksdale Recycling is taking a month or two off (till the regional recycling center reopens after the health crisis).
FREE AUDIO WALKING TOUR (smartphone app)
Download the FREE app, and let 20 Clarksdale voices tell you stories as you walk around our historic downtown area. Visit Clarksdale Tourism web link at visitclarksdale.com/tours.
FREE “MOONSHINE & MOJO HANDS” WEB SERIES
Watch 10 FREE episodes, and tour Mississippi virtually at www.moonshineandmojohands.com.
PLAN NOW: 2021 Juke Joint Festival lineup now posted at www.jukejointfestival.com.
CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz

JACKSON: Live stream with harpman Scott Albert Johnson

On April 3, harmonica player Scott Albert Johnson will stream a live performance from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. through Facebook Live. The long-time Jackson resident uses a harmonica technique known as “overblow” to create his signature sound. The concert is free, but listeners are welcome to donate to the artist through PayPal or Venmo at scott@scottalbertjohnson.com or through Donorbox at donorbox.org/sajconcerts. Find him on Facebook for the show at facebook.com/scottalbertjohnsonmusic.

JACKSON: Live streaming from CMBS a

In place of its usual weekly Blue Monday event usually held at Hal & Mal’s, the Central Mississippi Blues Society has begun hosting Watch Parties on its Facebook page. Every Monday night at 8:30 p.m., members post videos of past performances of the Blue Monday Band for viewers to enjoy. Video-length varies, with some footage being edited while other footage remains raw. Watch on their FB page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/134758873254380/

JACKSON: Live streaming blues w/CMBS b

In place of its usual weekly Blue Monday event usually held at Hal & Mal’s, the Central Mississippi Blues Society has begun hosting Watch Parties on its Facebook page. Every Monday night at 8:30 p.m., members post videos of past performances of the Blue Monday Band for viewers to enjoy. Video-length varies, with some footage being edited while other footage remains raw. Watch on their FB page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/134758873254380/

JACKSON: Live streaming blues w/CMBS c

In place of its usual weekly Blue Monday event usually held at Hal & Mal’s, the Central Mississippi Blues Society has begun hosting Watch Parties on its Facebook page. Every Monday night at 8:30 p.m., members post videos of past performances of the Blue Monday Band for viewers to enjoy. Video-length varies, with some footage being edited while other footage remains raw. Watch on their FB page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/134758873254380/

JACKSON: Live streaming blues w/CMBS d

In place of its usual weekly Blue Monday event usually held at Hal & Mal’s, the Central Mississippi Blues Society has begun hosting Watch Parties on its Facebook page. Every Monday night at 8:30 p.m., members post videos of past performances of the Blue Monday Band for viewers to enjoy. Video-length varies, with some footage being edited while other footage remains raw. Watch on their FB page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/134758873254380/

JACKSON: Live streaming blues w/CMBS e

In place of its usual weekly Blue Monday event usually held at Hal & Mal’s, the Central Mississippi Blues Society has begun hosting Watch Parties on its Facebook page. Every Monday night at 8:30 p.m., members post videos of past performances of the Blue Monday Band for viewers to enjoy. Video-length varies, with some footage being edited while other footage remains raw. Watch on their FB page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/134758873254380/

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