Browsing: Mississippi John Hurt

‘Golden Country: Volume 1’ – focusing on the intersecting roots of blues, bluegrass, and country music – is out now!

The perfect setting for two undisputed blues legends of their generation, both of whom had been ‘the lost kings’ dragged from their 1930s obscurity.

“I’m really fond of the Piedmont style of guitar playing made popular by Mississippi John Hurt. And that’s all over this track. Hallelujah.”

The 10 albums provide a rich and varied catalog of artists who were scattered across the Mississippi Delta, largely inactive until a new generation sought them out.

The Recording Academy has announced 25 new musical works that will be added to the Grammy Hall of Fame this year.

This week, Throwback Thursday looks at an album that is the culmination of a lifetime’s work, a lifetime of living and looking at the world, and being given a second chance to do what you love.

Hurt taught himself to play guitar, beginning around the age of 9.

Pronounced “pharaoh,” faro is an old rural Mississippi synonym… discover the meaning behind what Mississippi John Hurt and Tommy Johnson famously sang about!

In the latest John Hurt biography,researcher Philip Ratcliffe deals with the lack of direct sources about John Hurt’s early life by plunging into census records and information about Avalon, Mississippi.

This is the third update from Marc & Luc Borms, Belgian brothers who are currently in a search for the blues in the Mississippi Delta for their forthcoming book, Catfish & Cotton.