• Deep Roots 2026 Spring Series – Delta Sun & Brisket @ Bar Fontaine

    Staple Food & Drink 215 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, United States

    Mike “Delta Sun” Slaton and Chris “Brisket” Livingston are singer/songwriters from the birthplace of American Music, the great state of Mississippi.  They have been performing for audiences around the Southeastern United States for over 25 years.  Their original and cover songs are inspired by legendary artists such as John Prine, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Tom […]

  • Deep Roots 2026 Spring 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 2026 Spring Series – Variety @ Backdraft

    Backdraft 337 Cotton Row, 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 […]

  • Mississippi Songwriters Festival – Delta Region

    GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi 800 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS, United States

    The Mississippi Songwriters Festival - Delta Region, with support from Visit Mississippi and Visit Cleveland, will feature hit songwriters Bryan Kennedy and Ken Hart along with 20+ regional songwriters, performing original songs in an ‘in the round’ setting at GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. Regional songwriters will perform from 6:00-9:00 pm on Friday evening, May 15, and […]

  • Deep Roots 2026 Spring Series – Neshun @ Staple Food & Drink

    Bar Fontaine 215 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. 

  • Mississippi Songwriters Festival – Delta Region

    GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi 800 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS, United States

    The Mississippi Songwriters Festival - Delta Region, with support from Visit Mississippi and Visit Cleveland, will feature hit songwriters Bryan Kennedy and Ken Hart along with 20+ regional songwriters, performing original songs in an ‘in the round’ setting at GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. Regional songwriters will perform from 6:00-9:00 pm on Friday evening, May 15, and […]

  • Deep Roots 2026 Spring Series – Charles Sullivan @ Backdraft

    Backdraft 337 Cotton Row, 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 2026 Spring Series – Guitar Frenchie @ Bar Fontaine

    Bar Fontaine 215 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 2026 Spring Series – Tony Boyd @ Backdraft

    Backdraft 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, United States

    There are two sides to Tony Boyd - the mellow guitarist/vocalist with a deep sense of time and place in heartfelt lyrics, and the bluesy rocker who plays the harmonica with raucous abandon. As the former, his sound has been described as “soothing” or even “haunting,” and is inspired by artists like Guy Clark, whose […]

  • Deep Roots 2026 Spring Series – Ray Cashman @ Bar Fontaine

    Bar Fontaine 215 Cotton Row, 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 latter. This guy is the real deal. His songs are on the radio around the world and his European show date list alone would be the envy of anybody looking to expand […]

  • Deep Roots 2026 Spring Series – Delta String Band @ Staple Food & Drink

    Staple Food & Drink 215 Cotton Row, 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 2026 Spring Series – Michael ‘Cadillac’ Dennis @ Backdraft

    Backdraft 337 Cotton Row, 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 […]