Past Events from November 14, 2020 – September 30, 2020 | Delta Deep Roots

Deep Roots Winter Series – Holley Peel @ Darry’s Food & Drink

Darry's Food & Drink 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, 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 Winter Series – Robin Webb @ 8 West Grille

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

Pianist Robin Webb has performed as a classical and cocktail soloist, in addition to combo and collaborative work on all seven continents, including Antarctica. Cruise ships, global destination resorts, New York and European cabaret houses and clubs, theatres on Broadway, London’s West End and regional cities kept Robin’s performance schedule busy before returning to his […]

Deep Roots Winter Series – Guitar Frenchie @ 8 West Grille

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

This hot-shot southpaw guitarist from Nimes, France, funded his move to the States by selling his Gibson Les Paul guitar. He’s forged through a rough-and-tumble 20 years, from jamming with blues legends to playing for hire. “I grew up on all American music — Rock ’n’ Roll and Blues — but back when I was […]

Deep Roots Winter Series – Danny Abraham & Tricia Walker

Backdraft 337 Cotton Row, 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. A recording artist herself, Tricia has released eight studio recordings in multiple styles. Tricia moved to Nashville where she worked as […]

Deep Roots Winter Series – The Lions of Winter @ Backdraft

Backdraft 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, United States

The Lions of Winter are a trio of Delta musicians who joyfully offer up the best in jazz, swing and blues whenever and wherever asked. The trio consists of Robin Webb on keyboard, Josh Armstrong on drums, and Rogers Varner on sax.  The three met at Delta State University as part of the school’s jazz band […]

Deep Roots Winter Series – Charles Sullivan @ 8 West Grille

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

Singer/songwriter Charles Sullivan is a member of the Delta String Band, an Americana band based out of Greenville, Mississippi. Similar to what the band presents, Sullivan sings a variety of styles, from folk and bluegrass to straight-up country. With influences like bluegrass great Ralph Stanley, folk master John Prine, pure country kings Johnny Cash and […]

Deep Roots Winter Series – 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 Winter Series – 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. With guitar in hand, Mosley is an unstoppable jukebox of great music that invites the listener to keep humming along. At an early age, Mosley was soaking in her music education: […]

Deep Roots Winter Series – Guitar Frenchie @ Backdraft

Backdraft 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, United States

This hot-shot southpaw guitarist from Nimes, France, funded his move to the States by selling his Gibson Les Paul guitar. He’s forged through a rough-and-tumble 20 years, from jamming with blues legends to playing for hire. “I grew up on all American music — Rock ’n’ Roll and Blues — but back when I was […]

Deep Roots Winter Series – Mary Claire @ 8 West Grille

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

Vocalist/pianist Mary Claire Rackley from Gulfport, 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. When is not performing solo, she is the lead singer for the rock band, Elektra, […]

Deep Roots Winter Series – Variety @ 8 West Grille

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

Variety is the popular ‘old school’ R&B/soul duo of siblings Eric Edwards and Shara White from Cleveland, Mississippi. They have been performing together across the country for more than 25 years. Eric and Shara, born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, grew up in a musical home where they both started playing and singing at the […]

Deep Roots Winter Series – Neshun @ Backdraft

Backdraft 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, 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 […]