• Deep Roots Summer Shows – Michael ‘Cadillac’ Dennis @ 8 West Grille

    8 West Grille 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, United States

    Born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, ‘Cadillac’ Dennis’ musical journey began with singing and playing drums with the church choir as a kid.  While majoring in music at Mississippi Valley State University, he began dabbling with guitar and piano.  This led to his playing in a number of Gospel bands in his twenties, before […]

  • Deep Roots Summer Shows – Alanna Mosley @ 8 West Grille

    8 West Grille 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, United States

    Alanna Mosley is a singer-songwriter from Carrollton, Mississippi. Her music—best described as Americana or roots—blurs genre lines, and her cover tune catalog spans decades. At an early age, Mosley was soaking in her music education: 90s guitar queens Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin, country rockers like Dwight Yoakam and Steve Earle, and the gauntlet of great […]

  • Deep Roots Summer Shows – Chris “Brisket” Livingston @ Airport Grocery

    Airport Grocery 3608 Highway 61 N., Cleveland, MS, United States

    Chris "Brisket" Livingston is a singer/songwriter from the birthplace of American Music, the great state of Mississippi.  He plays acoustic, electric, and bass guitar, harmonica and trombone.  Chris has been performing for audiences around the Southeastern United States for over 25 years.  His original and cover songs are inspired by legendary artists such as John […]

  • Deep Roots Summer Shows – Alanna Mosley @ Backdraft

    Backdraft 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, United States

    Alanna Mosley is a singer-songwriter from Carrollton, Mississippi. Her music—best described as Americana or roots—blurs genre lines, and her cover tune catalog spans decades. At an early age, Mosley was soaking in her music education: 90s guitar queens Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin, country rockers like Dwight Yoakam and Steve Earle, and the gauntlet of great […]

  • Deep Roots Summer Shows – Neshun @ Darry’s Food & Drink

    Darry's Food & Drink 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, United States

    Vocalist Neshun Holmes from McComb, Mississippi, is a graduate of the DMI Entertainment Industry Studies program at Delta State University. She performed with the DMI All-Stars in Los Angeles as part of the GRAMMY Museum’s ‘Mississippi Night’ in 2019. She recently earned a graduate degree from Delta State while performing around town and working as […]

  • Deep Roots Summer Shows – Billy Maines @ 8 West Grille

    8 West Grille 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, United States

    Americana singer/songwriter Billy Maines grew up in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains in a village on the Hudson River near Woodstock, New York. He started taking guitar lessons at an early age and played in various rock bands during high school. While attending college at Cortland College in New York, Billy began honing his […]

  • Deep Roots Summer Shows – Holley Peel @ 8 West Grille

    8 West Grille 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, United States

    Singer/songwriter Holley Peel, whose music carries a strong storytelling influence in a bluesy/ Americana style, was born and raised in Columbus, Mississippi, but has settled in the Delta as her base of operations. The fourth-generation pianist started learning piano at six years old with two years of Suzuki method lessons before taking classical lessons for […]

  • Deep Roots Summer Shows – Ray Cashman @ Airport Grocery

    Airport Grocery 3608 Highway 61 N., Cleveland, MS, United States

     Some folks play the blues while some write about it and present it as their own because it is. Ray Cashman is the real deal. Growing up on the upper Texas coast, his music is referred to as gulf coast gumbo as it is made up of multiple regional influences both current and from the […]

  • Deep Roots Summer Shows – Mike Ellis @ Backdraft

    Backdraft 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, United States

    Mike Ellis is a country singer and guitarist based in the Mississippi Delta. Born in Memphis, TN, raised in Webb, MS, and currently based in Sumner, Ellis is a long-time Delta resident. “I choose to live in the Mississippi Delta because of my love for agriculture and music. The Delta is rich in both.” Ellis […]

  • Deep Roots Summer Shows – Mississippi Marshall Deluxe @ Darry’s Food & Drink

    Darry's Food & Drink 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, United States

    Mississippi Marshall is a singer/songwriter/guitarist raised right in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Marshall’s original guitar stylings range from old style Delta Blues to in-your-face blues boogie. His original music reflects his life experiences and for over 30 years, he has toured the country, headlining Blues clubs and festivals, including the Juke Joint Festival, […]

  • Deep Roots Summer Shows – Delta String Band @ 8 West Grille

    8 West Grille 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, United States

    Roots musicians Charles Sullivan and Cody Ruth are members of the Delta String Band, an Americana band based out of Greenville, Mississippi. Similar to what the band presents, Charles and Cody sing a variety of styles, from folk and bluegrass to straight-up country. With influences like bluegrass great Ralph Stanley, folk master John Prine, pure […]

  • Deep Roots Summer Shows – Danny Abraham & Tricia Walker @ 8 West Grille

    8 West Grille 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, United States

    Tricia Walker is a singer and songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Faith Hill, Patty Loveless and Alison Krauss, whose performance of Tricia’s Looking in the Eyes of Love earned a GRAMMY® award. Tricia moved to Nashville where she worked as a songwriter for three different publishing companies, as a backing musician for Opry star […]