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Here are the semi-finalists! Performance Schedule will be released by Noon Friday.

The WIB (Women In Blues) Showcase will be serving up exceptional performances by women in the blues.

Kantner will be remembered as a pioneering guitarist and a prominent figure in a band that helped to define a pivotal period in the formation and evolution of modern music.

Clarksdale Film Festival offers all manner of music related films, great food, great museums, and of course, Clarksdale itself. What more could anyone want?

This is the latest installment of our weekly series The Language of the Blues, in which author and rock musician…

“It’s the biggest blues party of Beale for the year.”

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Have fun on Beale Street enjoying all the great music, and don’t forget to enjoy the local food as well, which is some of the best in the country.

Jamesetta Hawkins was born to a Los Angeles prostitute, brought up by an abusive preacher, tossed around foster homes. And was just a teenager in 1954 when she scored her first chart-topping hit. It all moved pretty fast after that…