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The Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival is an annual music festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi. It is held the second weekend in August, lasting three days. [1] Created as the Sunflower Riverbank Blues Festival in 1988, the festival features veteran and homegrown performers, attracting blues enthusiast from all over the world.
Hill country blues (also known as North Mississippi hill country blues or North Mississippi blues) is a regional style of country blues.It is characterized by a strong emphasis on rhythm and percussion, steady guitar riffs, few chord changes, unconventional song structures, and heavy emphasis on the "groove", which has been characterized as the "hypnotic boogie".
The Mississippi Blues Trail was created by the Mississippi Blues Commission in 2006 to place interpretive markers at the most notable historical sites related to the birth, growth, and influence of the blues throughout (and in some cases beyond) the state of Mississippi. Within the state the trail extends from the Gulf Coast north along several ...
Grammy-winning Mississippi blues musician Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, 24, of Clarksdale will headline Saturday's third-annual Mississippi Makers Festival at the Two Mississippi Museums in ...
Robert Johnson (May 8, 1911, Hazlehurst, Mississippi – August 16, 1938). Singer-songwriter and guitarist, recognized since the 1960s as a master of Delta blues and an important influence on many rock musicians. [25] Tommy Johnson (1896, near Terry, Mississippi – November 1, 1956). Guitarist, singer-songwriter.
Blues festivals are music festivals which focus on blues music. Blues is a genre [1] and musical form that originated in African-American communities in the Southern United States around the end of the 19th century.
Mississippi Fred McDowell. Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972), [1] known by his stage name Mississippi Fred McDowell, was an American singer and guitarist of hill country blues music.
1984–2019, 2021–present. Website. chicagobluesfestival .us. The Chicago Blues Festival is an annual event held in June, [1] that features three days of performances by top-tier blues musicians, both old favorites and the up-and-coming. It is hosted by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (formerly the Mayor ...