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Stream: “Six Little Puppies” by Jimmy “Duck” Holmes”

March 29, 2013
Stream: “Six Little Puppies” by Jimmy “Duck” Holmes”

The 5th anniversary release of Back to Bentonia by Jimmy “Duck” Holmes includes the song “Six Little Puppies.” Recorded on November 17th, 2005 at the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, Mississippi, the anniversary edition of the album is available here […]

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Listen to two songs from Terry “Harmonica” Bean from the Broke & Hungry Records “Mistakes Were Made” compilation

February 26, 2013
Listen to two songs from Terry “Harmonica” Bean from the Broke & Hungry Records “Mistakes Were Made” compilation

Listen to two songs by Terry “Harmonica” Bean from the Broke & Hungry Records compilation Mistakes Were Made

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Today in concert: Robert “Wolfman” Belfour and Anthony “Big A” Sherrod with Robert Bilbo Walker

February 15, 2013
Today in concert: Robert “Wolfman” Belfour and Anthony “Big A” Sherrod with Robert Bilbo Walker

Today at Noon ET the Mississippi Blues Project presents two special concerts. The show starts with a solo performance by Robert “Wolfman” Belfour followed by Anthony “Big A” Sherrod with Robert Bilbo Walker. Listen here.

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Watch Robert “Wolfman” Belfour perform “Hill Stomp” (playing Free at Noon on 2/15)

February 8, 2013
Photo by Dave Pearson | www.flickr.com/photos/elhawk/

Mississippi blues singer Robert “Wolfman” Belfour will perform at next Friday’s Mississippi Blues Project concert at World Cafe Live. A native of Red Banks, Miss., and a student of R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbourgh, Belfour made his name in Memphis […]

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RSVP: Double header Mississippi Blues Project concert at WXPN’s Free At Noon on 2/15

January 26, 2013
Photo by Lou Bopp

RSVP’s are now open for the next Mississippi Blues Project concert on Friday, February 15th at World Cafe Live. It’s a double header WXPN Free At Noon featuring full one hour sets with both artists. The concert features performances from […]

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Third Man Records announces reissue series featuring Charley Patton and The Mississippi Sheiks

January 10, 2013
Third Man Records announces reissue series featuring Charley Patton and The Mississippi Sheiks

Jack White’s Third Man Records has announce the release of the first three records in its Document Records reissue series. The releases include volume one of the completed recorded works by Charley Patton, Blind Willie McTell and The Mississippi Sheiks. […]

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Blues Beyond The Blues by Tom Moon: A video companion (part one)

January 9, 2013
Blues Beyond The Blues by Tom Moon: A video companion (part one)

For Tom Moon’s essay on the Blues Beyond The Blues (read it here we put together a Spotify playlist that you can listen to here. Below, watch part one of the video companion to the essay by Moon.

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Listen to a Spotify companion playlist for Tom Moon’s “Blues Beyond The Blues” essay

December 20, 2012
Listen to a Spotify companion playlist for Tom Moon’s “Blues Beyond The Blues” essay

Music critic, writer and NPR commentator Tom Moon has written an essay about the influence of blues music on various of genres called Blues Beyond The Blues that you can read here. Below, listen to a Spotify playlist with songs […]

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Blues Beyond The Blues: An Essay by Tom Moon

December 16, 2012
Blues Beyond The Blues: An Essay by Tom Moon

Listen to a companion Spotify playlist to the article below here. The blues is a long echo, rattling across decades and vast distances. Returning like a ricochet to tell each generation a slightly different story about what it means to […]

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Watch: Terry “Harmonica” Bean and Jimmy “Duck” Holmes in concert at World Cafe Live

December 10, 2012
Watch: More videos from the Terry “Harmonica” Bean and Jimmy “Duck” Holmes Mississippi Blues Project concert at World Cafe Live

Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and Terry “Harmonica” Bean performed in a Mississippi Blues Project concert at World Cafe Live on October 22nd, 2012. You can listen to the concert here. Below, watch a few more videos from the concert. Listen to […]

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Watch Jimmy “Duck” Holmes perform “Hard Time Killing Floor” in concert from World Cafe Live

December 5, 2012
Watch Jimmy “Duck” Holmes” perform “Hard Time Killing Floor” in concert from World Cafe Live

Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and Terry “Harmonica” Bean performed in a Mississippi Blues Project concert at World Cafe Live on October 22nd, 2012. You can listen to the concert here. Below, watch Jimmy Duck perform “Hard Time Killing Floor” from the […]

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Download a Christmas classic, “Merry Christmas, Baby,” from Terry “Harmonica” Bean

December 5, 2012
Photo by Lou Bopp

One of the Mississippi Blues Project’s featured artists, Terry “Harmonica” Bean has offered a free download of his cover of the Christmas classic, “Merry Christmas, Baby” that you can download for free from Broke And Hungry Records.

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