The 5th Annual MS Delta Regional Blues Challenge Band Winner – The Grady Champion Revue from
Friday, January 23, 2009
Band Headed for IBC Performs
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
British news network films Delta residents & Blues Juke House - Po' Monkey's Lounge
Sky TV is the largest satellite news channel in Europe and the first all news channel in
Sky TV also filmed historic Mound Bayou and interviewed the town’s mayor, Kennedy Johnson, and its historian, Dr. Eulah Peterson. The
Later, they filmed at Poor Monkey’s Lounge outside Merigold and ate at The Senator’s Place restaurant in
After leaving the Delta, the Sky News team headed to
Pictured are (seated from left) Kareem Lateef, and Sky News Anchor Jeremy Thompson, (standing from left) Sister Donald Mary of the St. Gabriel Mercy Center; Dr. Luther Brown of the Delta State University Delta Center for Culture and Learning; the Sky TV news team of Jamie Wood, producer; and Neil Hamilton, camera.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
SAVE THE DATE-February Mississippi Blues Trail Marker Ceremonies
Mark your calendars for the upcoming marker ceremonies in February.
February 13th at 10:00AM
Rube Lacy
February 27th at 11:00AM
Living Blues
February 28th at 10:00AM
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Leigh Portwood
Heritage Trails
Phone: 601.359.3061
Fax: 601.359.5757
lportwood@mississippi.org