Browsing: King Biscuit Blues Festival

This is the wild world of a Mississippi-Born Icon who paved his own path on music’s treacherous trail. Daddy told…

This year’s headliners included John Mayall, Charlie Musselwhite, and slide masters Roy Rogers and Sonny Landreth together.

Bridging the Blues, a multi-week celebration of the musical heritage of Memphis and the Delta regions of Mississippi and Arkansas, marks its fifth anniversary with dozens of activities in late September and early October.

King Biscuit Blues Festival “Call and Response, The Blues Symposium” returns to Helena, Arkansas

Super Chikan and Bobby Rush ended the day with an intimate duo show and storytelling session, but not before stopping by Po Monkey’s! Also a Blues Trail Marker unveiled and the International Blues Symposium!

Fourth annual celebration of regional culture features over two weeks of live music and hundreds of musicians

Reba is as raw as her back story, and talking to her is like peeling back the skin of an onion. The meatier it gets, the more you cry.

(Helena, Arkansas) — What is it about the Delta that gave rise to America’s music, the blues? Artists, journalists and Juke Joint owners will discuss the special magic that defines the King Biscuit Blues Festival

Festival logic says that the headliners are the high point of the show, that the last night is the capstone, that buskers are acts not ready for prime time, but not King Biscuit!

It was Saturday afternoon and Delanie Bramlett of Delanie & Bramlett fame just decided to go busk with one of the bands playing along the street.