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Miss Sweetheart

As a child, Jackie Bell's first love was dance, but the emotions that overwhelmed her every time she stepped into a room filled with soulful melodies instinctively told her that music would play a role in her future.

George St. this Weekend

Hello, Get ready for another exciting week at the old grocery. On Monday, happy hour lasts from 4 until midnight. Football will be on the big screen downstairs and Half Pack of Kool Filter Kings will be upstairs. The Blues jam is always something special on Tuesday nights. On Wednesday, Jerry Joseph makes his long awaited return to George Street. Jerry Joseph is one of America's best singer-songwriters and his close ties to Widespread Panic make him a favorite throughout the south. New Orleans singer-songwriter Lynn Drury opens. Get there early because Lynn is worth the price of admission alone. On Thursday, the Jagermeister Bus will be here from 6 until 8. The Jagerettes appear from 10 until 12. Seth Libbey & the Liberals play upstairs. Friday night the Gamble Brothers Band bring Memphis soul & funk down I-55 to Jackson. Michelob Light draft is only $2.00 Friday night. Saturday night, the funk continues but comes from the south instead. New Orleans' Juice provides the funk Saturday night.

The Future of Jackson's Music Scene

Just the other day, I couldn't help but brag about how musically awesome Jackson has been in the last year. From the Allman Brothers (Dusty and Buck) doing their part in getting national acts to the City with Soul, to the impressive bars, restaurants and venues we have here that support live, local music, to Ardenland bringing in a wide variety of musical acts, I'd say Jackson is looking up.

Kosher Gospel

A young, black man dressed in an embroidered jacket sits at the piano. He belts out a gospel tune in layers of emotion. Sweat pours down his face as he sings a familiar--but not instantly recognizable--religious song with a multi-textured and robed back-up choir.

The Holy Earth, Sacred Space

"Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul." — The Koran

Eddie Cotton

Bluesman Eddie Cotton Jr. grew up with gospel music in his daddy's Clinton church, Christ Chapel True Gospel Church of God In Christ, where he's known to sit at the Hammond B-3 organ as the church's music minister. Cotton was 4 when he picked up his first guitar.

Bobbie Gentry

In the summer of 1967, Bobbie Gentry went from being a nightclub songstress in Las Vegas to an international pop sensation with the hit "Ode to Billie Joe," a pseudo-Southern Gothic ballad that drew the nation's attention to the soulful, husky-voiced Delta queen.

[Stiggers] The Souls of Po' Folk

Grandma Pookie here to promote my new book "Fo' the Souls of Po' Folk: Ghetto Proverbs and Affirmations." I want to share with the peoples 10 of my favorites:

[Herman's Pick] Vol. 6, No. 43

The soulful and funky sounds of Laura Reed and Deep Pocket from Asheville, N.C., will return to Martin's this Thursday night. The South Africa-born lead singer Laura Reed belts a mean range of vocal styles, from world reggae rhythms and Erykah Badu to Billie Holiday and Aretha.

Jewish Soul Food

My grandma, may she rest in peace, made the greatest chicken soup I've ever had. Most of the Jewish people I know believe their grandmother's soup is the best, and I believe them.

[Music] Hip-Hop + Rock= Free Sol

Midway through my interview with Christopher "Free Sol" Anderson, the talkative, laid back front man of the Memphis-based "hip-hop fusion" band Free Sol, I ask Anderson if he thinks their own blend of hip-hop, rock, jazz, R&B, soul—even metal—will be easily accepted by the mainstream. He laughs. "I think we're gonna be the biggest in the world. It's gonna blow up," he says. Despite Anderson's jubilant tone, he isn't joking.

A Day of Food

It is a fact that the Jackson area has great food. From the pig-ear sandwich at the Big Apple Inn (try it at least once) to the freshly baked bread at Broad Street Bakery, you'll find a restaurant that will satisfy any craving.

Best of Jackson 2019: Food and Drink

We here at the Jackson Free Press like to keep our focus on local: local people, local business, local food—you get the idea. There’s nothing to us more local than Best of Jackson. We’re officially in our 17th award season. Here is who you voted as the best local people, places, food and more.

Merle Haggard

Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame though his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie From Muskogee" and "Sing Me Back Home," died Wednesday at 79, on his birthday.

[Stiggers] 'I'm Black, and I'm Proud!'

Brotha Hustle: "Welcome to my street-corner tribute to the late, great musician, singer, songwriter and performer Mr. James Brown. Many of you know about his musical achievements and influence.

Waxing Fantastic with a Night Full of Classics

One thing we can all agree on is that Rick James, Prince and Michael Jackson are undeniable icons of pop and soul music.

[Rob In Stereo] Decade In Review

It was a decade of regression in pop music. If you were to chart the quality pop albums that came out each year of the aughts, you would have a steady downward slope from 2000 through today; that being said, there were some truly classic bands, songs and albums to emerge out of the decade.

New Doves' "Some Cities" CD

Capitol Records will release Doves' Some Cities, the long-awaited follow-up to the British trio's epic 2002 breakthrough album The Last Broadcast, in the U.S. on March 1st. If the first two Doves albums, Lost Souls (2000) and The Last Broadcast (2002), were records that sounded like they were conceived in vast open spaces, each song a snapshot of celestial heights, wide open countryside or rolling seas, third album Some Cities paints a more intimate picture altogether.

ABC Anchor Robin Roberts on Mississippi Law: Equal Treatment for Everyone

Robin Roberts said Friday that "it hurts my soul" that someone might not be welcome in Mississippi because of a law saying religious groups and some private businesses can cite moral beliefs to deny services to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people.

The Universal Soul of Tonya Boyd-Cannon

Singer Tonya Boyd-Cannon never had much problem speaking her mind through her music.

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