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“This was the best talent top to bottom of any local challenge I’ve ever seen. Every act was one I would feel comfortable seeing for a four-hour club date. The challenge was run at least as well as any venue at the International Blues Challenge finals,” said judge Ricky Stevens, chairman of the Blues Foundation’s IBC committee.
Judges for the band competition were Tricia Walker, Jesse Robinson, Shelley Ritter, and Ricky Stevens.
The Indianola Blues Society and The Blue Biscuit announce Grady Champion is coming to perform THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH. Champion is the 2009 Winner of the Mississippi Delta Regional Blues Challenge and 2010 International Blues Challenge Winner. Showtime: 8 – 11 pm Cover $5 No Cover - Indianola Blues Society Members
Dorothy Moore, Johnny Rawls, and more-Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival!
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Wednesday, August 10th the Copiah County Board of Supervisors decided to build and maintain a road to the
Please mark your calendars for these upcoming marker ceremonies around the state:
July 19, 2011 Sunnyland Slim * Lambert, MS - 10:00 AM - July 27, 2011 Magic Slim *
August 18, 2011 Tammy Wynette *
Hope you can join us,
Alex T. Thomas
Associate Manager Senior, Music Trails
Sales and Promotions Bureau
P.O. Box 849
Jackson, MS 39205
office: 601.359.2593
fax: 601.359.5757
email: athomas@mississippi.org
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Photo Identification: Robertson Scholars, from left to right, Erika Ferguson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bolivar County Community Action Agency; Jakob Blomqvist, Duke University, Greenville Renaissance Scholars; Katherine Zhang, Duke University, St. Gabriel Mercy Center; Deo Fagnisse, Duke University, St. Gabriel Mercy Center; Sam Halle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Greenville Renaissance Scholars; Blake O'Connor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sunflower County Freedom Project; John Guzek, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Delta Center for Culture and Learning; Daniel Strunk, Duke University, St. Gabriel Mercy Center; Margaret Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sunflower County Freedom Project and Jacob Robinson, Duke University, Sunflower County Freedom Project.
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TONIGHT! (Friday, June 03, 2011) The Back Porch Blues Society of Norway Musicians’ Jam Featuring Indianola’s Casey Roberts are performing at 9 pm No Cover More info: http://mstrong3.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/back-porch-blues-society/
On April 3rd drummer Frank Vick of
The Highway 61 Blues Festival and the Holly Ridge Jam have been cancelled due to the current flooding disaster in the Delta. The festival dates were June 4 & 5. http://www.highway61blues.com/news_hwy_61_blues.html
For directions please click on the map link below:
Due to the possibility of inclement weather tomorrow the ceremony for the will be held in the
Alex T. Thomas
Music Development, Program Manager
Students from St. Andrews Episcopal School in
On February 10 at 5 p.m., a Mississippi Blues Trail Marker will be unveiled at the
Big Blue and Baby Blue tickets have been mailed out to domestic purchasers this week. Purchasers from outside the
The schedule for the 27th International Blues Challenge has been set. While we won't release the schedule with the times and venues until Wednesday, February 2, we can provide the following information. Solo/Duo: The number of acts in any solo/duo venue is either ten or eleven. There are eight venues during the quarterfinals. Four acts will advance from each venue so the semifinals will see 32 acts in four venues. Two acts from each venue will advance to the finals which puts eight acts in the finals on Saturday evening at the Orpheum Theatre. Band: The number of acts in any band venue is nine or ten. There are eleven venues during the quarterfinals. Four acts will advance from each venue so 44 will advance to the semifinals. They will compete in 8 clubs. One band from each of the eight venues will advance to the finals Saturday. The quarter finals begin between 4:00pm and 5:45pm, depending on the venue. The semifinals follow after the Smokin' Bluz Youth Showcase which begins at 4:00pm so semifinals will either begin at 5:20pm or 6:00pm.
THE 2011 BEST SELF-PRODUCED CD FINALISTS
The following discs advance to the final round of judging in the Best Self Produced CD contest. The winner will be crowned February 5, 2011 at the Historic Orpheum Theater on
Boston Blues Society - Delta Generators Hard River to Row, Cascade Blues Association - Joe McMurrian Get Inside This House, Central Mississippi Blues Society - Stevie J The Diversity Project, South Sound Blues Association – Becki Sue and her Big Rockin' Daddies Big Rockin Boogie, The Blues, Jazz and Folk Music Society - Long Tall Deb & the Drifter Kings Diamonds on the Desert Floor. This year a record 55 affiliates around the world submitted entries.
The 27th International Blues Challenge will consist of: 110 Bands, 83 Solo/Duo & 28 Youth acts - adding up to 709 Musicians - representing 41 States & 13 Countries. That’s 221 acts in 4 days and 5 nights - over 500 performances within three city blocks - only steps from great hotels and fantastic food. It can only happen in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee - on