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Registration is now open for the Mississippi River Marathon & Half Marathon, set to take place on February 11th, 2017.  The event starts in Arkansas, and ends in Mississippi. Fifty… Read More

SKUNK RADIO LIVESRL NETWORKS ROSTERARTIST PROFILEAnne DavisFolk Music Artist Mississippi, USABiography:Jackson, Mississippi native, Anne Davis' self-produced album, a compilation of thought… Read More

“Mississippi Blues” is a previously unreleased Eric Clapton acoustic jam with Tim Duffy from the upcoming Music Maker Relief Foundation 25thanniversary compilation CD, Blues Mus… Read More

"Brooks and Marcus on what’s fueling the President’s ‘ramped up’ rhetoric" PBS NewsHour 11/23/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  New York Times columnist David Brooks and Wash… Read More

DECEMBER 2018 1st - Frank Latorre & The Kingbees  The Maples  Manorville, NY Journey down to this cool American restaurant and get yer blues buzz on!  Fra… Read More

Photo: Anthony Scarlati By Mike O'Cull You know how sometimes you hear a new band that blows you away and you just know it’s bound for much bigger things? You’re about to have on… Read More

Photo: Mickey Deneher By Kevin Porter Perhaps one of the most pleasant surprises in music for 2018 is the album Journeys to the Heart of the Blues by blues masters Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Ka… Read More

    This year brought many outstanding blues, rock and roots albums. We’re so fortunate that there are so many talented artists who are releasing such good music. These 2018… Read More

  Located at 301 West 46th Street in New York City, The Scene, which opened its doors sometime in 1965, was indeed the most renowned rock club in the USA for a short span during th… Read More

2019 Nissan Frontier Redesign, Price – Nissan will certainly build a brand new generation of its mid-size pickup, you don’t get to worry any longer. The all-new vehicle is introd… Read More

By Tom O'Connor Eric Schenkman and Vizztone Label Group get your new year off to a blistering good start with the January 11th release of Who Shot John? Best known as the guitarist and… Read More

By Tom O'Connor Sometimes the best way to start a new year is to go a bit old school. You won’t do better here in 2019 than Northern Blues’ January 25th release of Watermel… Read More

Photo: Bob Delevante By Tom O'Connor Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Stony Plain records has scheduled a February 8th release for Amour by acclaimed guitarists Colin L… Read More

Bishop Gunn has done it again. Their video of their song ‘Makin’ It” from their 2018 release, Natchez, is another winner for this outstanding Southern rock/soul/blues band… Read More

Alligator Records is pleased to announce the signing of 20-year-old guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Christone "Kingfish" Ingram. This 21st century bluesman's debut album, KINGF… Read More

Committed:  Civil Rights and the Struggle for JusticeValerie Sweeney PrinceCivil rights were first constitutionalized in the 13th Amendment.  However, the fact of civil rights as a… Read More

"In Curtis Flowers case, race could be a matter of life or death" PBS NewsHour 3/20/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Curtis Flowers has been tried six times for the murder of four people killed in… Read More

Prayer – Non-Fiction by Terry Engel –  Lisa worried her way through the second round of in vitro and the resulting pregnancy with Stella and Jackson. Our first in vitro pre… Read More

Photo: Jeffry Fasano By Martine Ehrenclou Acclaimed rocking blues-driven guitarist, singer-songwriter, JD Simo is a gifted artist and former member of the rock band, SIMO, releasing five alb… Read More

We are pleased to premiere the single, “Irene Irene” by The B.B. King Blues Band featuring Russell Jackson and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. The single is off the band’s upcoming… Read More

Grady Champion Makes a Triumphant Return  Grammy Winner to Release Steppin' In: A Tribute To Z.Z. Hill On Malaco Records, April 26th Mississippi-based, award-winning artist… Read More

By Mike O'Cull Bluesman Big Daddy Wilson is a gifted vocalist and true son of the American South whose smoky, low-pitched voice and lyric-writing ability have made him a star in Europe, whe… Read More

By Mike O'Cull Grammy Award-winning blues drummer/vocalist Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith is one of the most vital and important musicians in the modern blues scene. He’s the so… Read More

By Martine Ehrenclou After my article 50 Modern Blues Rock Soul Artists You Must Hear 2019, so many of you wrote in with your suggestions of artists and bands to add, plus your comments. Th… Read More

  EXHIBITION OVERVIEW "For the first time, a major museum exhibition examines the instruments of rock and roll. One of the most important artistic movements of the twentieth century… Read More

By Martine Ehrenclou Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is set to take the world by storm with his highly anticipated debut album, Kingfish, out May 17, 2019 via Alligator Records and… Read More

“Mississippi Mud” is Derek Davis’ new single from his upcoming album, Resonator Blues out June 1, 2019 via Southern Blood Records. Davis is the former, songwriter, frontma… Read More

"Overnight tornadoes devastate parts of Indiana and Ohio" PBS NewsHour 5/28/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  A string of tornadoes cut a path of destruction across parts of Ohio and Indiana Monday… Read More

JOSH NEWCOM TO RELEASE ‘THE BLUES GONNA GETCHA’ VIA WARPAINT ENTERTAINMENT ON JUNE 28, 2019 Prolific Entertainer Plans Vast Itinerary to Support Multiple Upcoming  Studio Al… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Democratic debates, Supreme Court rulings" PBS NewsHour 6/28/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join… Read More

By Mike O'Cull Award-winning blues vocalist and guitarist Zac Harmon recently became part of the Catfood Records family and his debut effort, Mississippi Bar BQ on the El Paso, Texas-based l… Read More

This past Sunday, I woke up to the news that D.A. Pennebaker had passed away at the age of 94.  While Pennebaker was a well known film maker to many folks, I thought it would be wor… Read More

Celebrating the  diversity of the Long Island Music Scene AUGUST 2019 1st - Nancy Atlas  Good Ground Park  Hampton Bays, NY Nancy Atlas and her band of Journeymen hav… Read More

50 years ago today, The Woodstock Festival took place in White Lake, NY.  It was an event that transformed the youth culture and established the Music Festival template that continu… Read More

By Tom O'Connor Belgium-born blues powerhouse Ghalia will be releasing Mississippi Blend through Ruf Records on September 20th. This eleven-song album, a worthy follow-up to her attenti… Read More

Marijuana Has Truly Gone Mainstream In just seven short years, cannabis legalization has spread from a tiny slice of the overall American population (4%) to over a quarter of the country… Read More

The Purge’s Amye Gousset discussed NFFA radio guest Lena Dash featured on The Bobby Sheridan Show, the Urge2Purge app’s death threat popularity system, and much more with The Nat… Read More

MUSIC REVIEWS - CONCERTS - NEWSSRL NETWORKS ROSTERARTIST PROFILE[EXPLICIT]Music by Coolidge | Discover independent hip hopCoolidgeHip Hop Music Artist Mississippi, USABiography:Drevo Coolid… Read More

By Mike O'Cull Kern Pratt is a riveting and soulful guitarist and songwriter from the great state of Mississippi who is currently making outstanding blues music that the world needs to hear… Read More

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Bobby Rush Bobby Rush Returns to His Roots on Rawer Than Raw due out August 28 via Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers Grammy Winner’s popular acoustic concerts inspire stripped-down tribute to t… Read More

The New York State Department of Health issued a June 25, 2020 travel advisory based on an Executive Order signed by Governor Cuomo. It generally requires anyone returning to New York from o… Read More

Donald Trump or John Lewis – who is poor in spirit?  That surely depends on what I mean by spirit.  In one regard, I can think of no one in his position that’s ever had… Read More

blues rock guitarists By Mike O’Cull Blues/rock fans in 2020 have a seriously amazing amount of killer guitarists to listen to and obsess over. Greatness in blues music isn’t con… Read More

Eric Johanson Blues rocker, Eric Johanson releases a crowd-sourced video made of clips sent in by his fans who shared how they’ve been keeping entertained with the pandemic. The song … Read More

Bobby Rush Rawer Than Raw By Martine Ehrenclou Grammy-winning blues icon, Blues Hall of Famer, Bobby Rush is set to release ‘Rawer Than Raw’ on August 28, 2020 on his own Deep R… Read More

By Mike O'Cull Award-winning blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Peter Parcek demonstrates the rare ability to get inside the souls of his songs and his listeners on his new record Mis… Read More

Preachin' Blues Magnolia Bayou releases Official Music Video for Cover of Eddie James “Son” House Blues Hall of Fame Inducted “Preachin’ Blues” September 2020… Read More

Magnolia Bayou By Mike O'Cull Mississippi blues/rockers Magnolia Bayou dig down deep and crank it up loud on the band’s new album Strange Place. The independent platter drops Septembe… Read More

Jeremiah Johnson By Chris Wheatley Talented singer-songwriter and guitarist Jeremiah Johnson returns with Unemployed Highly Annoyed, out this October 30th on Ruf Records, his second album o… Read More

Allman Betts Band Allman family Revival Fourth Annual Allman Family Reunion In Celebration of Gregg Allman’s Birthday The Ryman, Nashville, TN December 11, 8pm CT Featuring the Allman… Read More

Photo: Eric Johanson by Kaylie McCarthy We are very pleased to premiere the video "Buried Above Ground" by Louisiana blues/rocker, guitarist, singer-songwriter, Eric Johanson, from his new… Read More

New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers By Chris Wheatley Roots supergroup New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers, made up of Grammy-winning harpist Charlie Musselwhite, guitarist Alvin Youngblood… Read More

Title loans are a simple and quick way to get cash when you are in a bind. A title loan requires you to put up your vehicle title as collateral. This means that if you miss a payment or defa… Read More

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram On Tuesday, May 11, Alligator Records recording artist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram releases his new digital single, 662. The hard-driving original song find… Read More

Magnolia Bayou Rock and Blues Muse is pleased to premiere the new video “Train Don’t Stop” by Mississippi blues rockers Magnolia Bayou, a swaggering Southern band whose so… Read More

Christone Kingfish Ingram On Friday, July 23, Alligator Records recording artist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram will release his highly anticipated second album, 662. It's the next chapter in… Read More

Photo: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram by Laura Carbone By Martine Ehrenclou Since the release of Kingfish, his Grammy-nominated 2019 Alligator Records debut, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter… Read More

Though James Earl Ray was found guilty of murdering Martin Luther King Jr., not everyone believes that he was responsible — or that he worked alone. Bettmann/Getty Images James Earl… Read More

When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last month, US intelligence assessed that the country-wide assault could lead to Kyiv falling into Russian hands within days. But Russia’… Read More