Deep Roots 2026 Summer Series – Billy Maines @ Backdraft
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. Their upbeat repertoire is the kind of music that, according to Eric, makes audiences want to ‘eat barbecue and drink cold beer.’ Eric and […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]