[Music] The Piano Man Plays GuitarWhen you think of George Winston, you probably think of his career as a solo pianist and the countless albums he's released over a 25-year period with the Windham Hill Label. But that's not all Winston can do. On April …
[Music] The Mystery of Robert Johnson's LegacyRobert Johnson, known far and wide as The King of the Blues, remains the most enigmatic character in the history of the blues. Born in Hazlehurst, Miss., to a plantation worker in 1911, he took up the guitar after being …
Cotton District Arts Festival Saturday• 9 a.m. -- 5K Race Results & Awards<br />• 9:20 to 10:05 a.m. -- Jeff Cummings<br />• 10:20 to 11 a.m. -- Starkville Jazz Alliance<br />• 11:10 to 11:50 a.m. -- Chase McGinnis<br />• Noon to 12:40 p.m. -- …
[Music] Southern Hip-HopA few years back, some friends and I were at the counter ordering subs at the Lynch Street Subway. The joke of the day was that I somehow didn't like 8ball and MJG. Overhearing the conversation, a "sandwich artist" looked …
[Music] Get Your Booty ShakingI do so love a good, authentic funk band, and nothing gets my booty shaking faster than the sound of a sloppy New Orleans drumbeat and a Hammond B3 organ. Friday, April 13th will be a lucky day for me …
[Music] Hell Hath No FuryIn 1993, the Virginia brothers Malice (born Gene Thornton) and Pusha-T (born Terrence Thornton) met super producer Pharrell Williams, and The Clipse was born. The rest, you could say, is history—tumultuous history. Since Clipse was born, the duo's first album …
New White Stripes Drops 6/19The White Stripes announce their sixth album, Icky Thump, will be released on Third Man/Warner Bros. Records on June 19th, 2007. Icky Thump was recorded over three weeks in Nashville's Blackbird Studio and is the second longest album of The …
Personal ExpressionShe's a hometown girl who moved away for a change of scenery, but is always excited to come home. Besides seeing her family and friends and eating at Kyoto (one of her favorite restarurants), Teneia Sanders is stoked to come …
[Music] Sixty Years Of The BluesL.C. Ulmer is on a tear. The 78-year-old blues guitarist and vocalist—who up until a year and a half ago was not known outside his hometown of Ellisville, Miss.—is now omnipresent in the Mississippi blues scene. He regularly performs at …
[Music] Will You Still Love Your Songs Tomorrow?Hattiesburg singer-songwriter Matt Gill has to be Mississippi's best-kept musical secret. I remember when Jonathan McLeran, another Mississippi native songwriter, first introduced me to his recordings. I was struck by Gill's strange sense of melody and knack for stream-of-consciousness compositions.
ALISON KRUASS Returns to Thalia MaraALISON KRUASS & UNION STATION featuring JERRY DOUGLAS, THALIA MARA HALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 8PM. Tickets On Sale: Friday, March 23 at 9am. Ticket Locations: The Coliseum Box Office & All Ticketmaster Outlets wwwticketmaster.com 601.355.5252 . Ticket price: $47.50 / …
[Music] Walking FastSomething for Tomorrow guitarist/vocalist Kenny Davis and guitarist Will Brown were childhood friends who picked up their instruments for the first time while attending high school in Jackson. The constantly joking duo—according to Brown, the band "doesn't rock, it mountains"—played …
Hungry Kids: Jackson Music 2007Life without music wouldn't really be life; it'd be a lot like life, an imitation of it, but it wouldn't be life. It's even more difficult to imagine a life in Jackson—the City with Soul—without its often under-appreciated, unrecognized music …
Artists To Watch In 2007Yeah, you've been playing that same Living Better Electrically EP for years now. Your Colour Revolt EP got worn out months ago. Don't worry, though, J-town has plenty of other good musicians to fill up your iPod. And these artists …
Where I Want To BeThere wasn't much run-around, as there can be with some celebrity personalities. Setting up the time to interview Mississippi's son David Banner was a fairly easy process. Truthfully, it wasn't frustrating at all. Willie Nash, Banner's assistant, apologized that even …