This is gonna be fascinating

Really loving this creative boom from the HWM dudes. You'd never know they've been at it three decades now.

Everything Albini touched bore his sonic fingerprint, unmistakably, and I wish we could look forward to more of it. RIP.

Mississippi Arts: Country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers is Meridian’s favorite son

With the 71st Jimmie Rodgers Festival on the way, Jim Beaugez takes a look back at its history and the legacy its namesake left behind.

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We have two available spots left to attend this years Yokshop in Oxford, MS, from June 7-9! Take workshops and hear talks from gwen e. kirby, Olivia Clare Friedman, Jim Beaugez, Scott Morris and literary agent Katherine Faucett! See more and register here: theyokshop.com

“He was a big driver of the band… I would consider him very underrated, too”: Jason Isbell and Luther Dickinson pay tribute to Dickey Betts with an extended take on In Memory of Elizabeth Reed trib.al/aBh4NBu

I spoke with Sadler Vaden about Dickey Betts's enduring influence after the 400 Unit's show Friday night, where they covered 'In Memory of Elizabeth Reed' w/ Luther Dickinson (video in article)

We still have Jaimoe. The Ocean Springs native is our last Allman Brother.

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Last night, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit brought Luther Dickinson on stage to pay tribute to Dickey Betts with this 16-min version of In Memory of Elizabeth Reed TheSoundAmphitheater
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Ian Mackaye turns 62 today. Enjoy this surprisingly good video of a Fugazi show from Germany.
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“We’re the birthplace of blues, country and rock and roll music, and the guitar is at the core of all of it”: The America at the Crossroads exhibit charts the guitar’s history with instruments owned by Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and more trib.al/O8dW0c6

Listen to the new song “Little Gold” from Futurebirds sideman Spencer Thomas and read our Q&A with the Mississippi-raised singer-songwriter: ow.ly/mJec50RebOr

How fly fishing led to Nashville songwriter Phillip Lammonds’s big break—and how he found his voice on his debut solo album, “Cowboy Things”: ow.ly/8xLU50RciXK

'For Lammonds, catching the inspiration to write songs is no different from dipping a line in a swift-water river.' #philliplammonds sat down with Jim Beaugez to talk about fly fishing, songwriting and more for Garden & Gun. Out now!

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Mississippi Arts: Juke Joint Festival, a bucket-list destination for blues music fans

Clarksdale’s ‘half blues festival, half small-town fair’ will celebrate Red Paden and feature Anthony ‘Big A’ Sherrod, says organizer Roger Stolle.

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As if you needed another reason to like Rory Doyle, Leña in Visit Cleveland Mississippi creates the PepperRory Pizza. Marisol Doyle runs the kitchen that makes wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas and bagels.
via The Local Palate
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great evening hanging w Jim Beaugez at the Blue Front to see Randy '19th Street Red' Cohen - sounded killer brother - y’all be sure to catch Randy at the Ironhorse in Jackson tomorrow night & also at the Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale next weekend
#deltablues #BentoniaBlues

“If you don’t have good tone with just your amp and your guitar, ain’t no pedal gonna help you”: Sue Foley is dropping truth bombs and nylon-string blues in her tribute to the pioneering women of guitar trib.al/oTPEoRW

'They used to hide us behind the beer coolers when the police come into the juke joint, because if they sent us home [then] the band was gone, you know?'
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“People should really do their homework and learn about the history of music and what came before whatever style you wanna do”: Logan Ledger on paying his dues – and what he learned from Clarence White and Merle Haggard trib.al/AINdG1l