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In staunch defiance of the familiar actors-turned-bad-musicians stereotype, there was a distinct magic in Hugh Laurie and The Copper Bottom Band’s live set that evokes the rousing ghosts of a New Orleans vaudeville act.

As the North Mississippi Allstars, Friday’s headliners, are fond of singing, “Mississippi knows how to party”. Nothing exemplifies this better than the Mighty Mississippi Music Festival.

The delta is beginning to cool off in mid-October and with the cotton in full bloom, an ancient, tiny sharecropper shack that boasts cold beer & low ceilings with monkeys nailed to it brings the best that the blues has to offer.

Malco Theater hosts the popular event with an all-star blues team at noon on Saturday, October 12, 2013

Second annual event to feature three weekends of live music and hundreds of musicians, from Gregg Allman and Robert Cray to Tim McGraw and Bobby Rush.

One of the oldest blues festivals around, The King Biscuit Blues Festival consistently presents a stellar roster of performers. This phenomenal festival’s mission is to focus attention on the heritage and history of the Delta blues… and to inspire!

To connect the musical past to our present, the Mississippi Delta, Arkansas, and the blues metropolis of Memphis have teamed up to create “Bridging the Blues”!! Discover The delta’s incredible history!

There has been precious little incentive for man Kansans to claim their state — but then comes Moreland & Arbuckle and their new album, Seven Cities.

“A man can live a long time without water or food, but a man cannot get along without hope.” So says blues legend Bobby Rush

Tuesday nights at Harvelle’s in Santa Monica are what the blues is truly all about. An incredible program for a serious cause.