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Listen to the Cedric Burnside Project’s set from the Philadelphia Folk Festival

September 9, 2012
Listen to the Cedric Burnside Project’s set from the Philadelphia Folk Festival

The Mississippi Blues Project kicked off with a concert at the Philadelphia Folk Festival on Sunday, August 19th with performances from The Cedric Burnside Project and Big George Brock. About 1500 fans filed into the Lobby Tent for an afternoon […]

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Watch the Cedric Burnside Project at the Philly Folk Festival

August 28, 2012
Watch the Cedric Burnside Project at the Philly Folk Festival

Big George Brock and Cedric Burnside Project performed at the Philadelphia Folk Festival on Sunday, August 19th for our first Mississippi Blues Project concert. Watch a video of Burnside and guitarist Trenton Ayers perform “Po Black Mattie” below. Our next […]

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The Mississippi Blues Project: “The Big Bang” by Jonny Meister

August 21, 2012
The Mississippi Blues Project: “The Big Bang” by Jonny Meister

The Mississippi Blues Project is up and running! The “big bang” on Sunday afternoon August 20th featured the Cedric Burnside Project and Big George Brock in a stunning, earth-shaking concert in a large tent stage at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. […]

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The North Mississippi All Stars: keeping the Delta blues alive

July 25, 2012
Photo by Jason Thrasher

The North Mississippi All-Stars have been keeping the Delta Blues alive since the band’s 2000 debut Shake Hands With Shorty. Featuring brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson and Chris Chew, the trio’s music has deep roots in the Mississippi hill country blues, influenced by R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough.

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