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The Peterboro Freedom Folk Festival hosts three acts to continue the four-day celebration of Juneteenth Weekend at 3 p.m.
Reverend Peyton’s Honeysuckle serves up raw, vintage blues with a modern kick—no gimmicks, just grit, sweat, and slide guitar magic. I don’t usually open with a cheesy pun, but here goes: Reverend ...
The free Native American Arts Festival Week runs June 16-20 and will feature speakers, a film screening, music and more.
such as Delta Blues forefather Charley Patton, and historical events in the fictional piece. “It’s the story of music and how we’re part of that,” says Harjo. “It’s always struck me ...
On a day trip from Clarksdale, we visited Dockery Farms, a former cotton plantation where Blues greats Charley Patton, Willie Brown and Howlin’ Wolf once played. A weathered cotton gin ...
Watch on the Internet Movie Archive Blues guitarist Charley Patton in “BBC Arena: American Epic, Episode 2, Blood and Soil,” CREDIT: BBC) BBC Arena: American Epic, Episode 2, Blood and Soil In ...
On the cabin's front porch, Peyton makes YouTube videos that showcase a country blues style inspired by Mississippi trailblazers Charley Patton and Furry Lewis. Inside the cabin, visitors can ...
Delta blues music, a style born in the Mississippi ... Pioneering artists like Charley Patton, Son House, and Robert Johnson, who were active or influential during the 1930s setting of the film ...