• Deep Roots 2026 Fall Series – Cricket @ Staple Food & Drink

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

    Born & raised in the Delta of Clarksdale, MS, Cricket began playing piano at the age of five and developed into a skilled blues pianist and singer. She has recorded and performed with blues legends such as Sam Carr, Robert “Bilbo” Walker, and Chicago’s Dave Riley. Cricket has been a featured performer at Clarksdale’s Juke […]

  • Deep Roots 2026 Fall Series – ‘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 […]

  • Deep Roots 2026 Fall Series – Billy Maines @ Bar Fontaine

    Bar Fontaine 215 Cotton Row, 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 2026 Fall 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 […]

  • 2026 Farmers Bakers & Makers Market – Mary Claire

    Vocalist/pianist Mary Claire Rackley from Gulfport, Mississippi, is a recent graduate of the DMI Entertainment Industry Studies program at Delta State University. She performed with the DMI All-Stars in Los […]

  • Deep Roots 2026 Fall Series – Aubrey Holman @ Backdraft

    Backdraft 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, United States

    Aubrey Holman is a singer-songwriter hailing from the river city of Greenville, Mississippi. “Americana” might be the category which most broadly defines his acoustic blend of blues, folk, country, and rock. His original music tends toward dark and emotional with a few spots of brightness here and there. Like the mighty Mississippi whose reach covers […]

  • Deep Roots 2026 Fall Series – ‘Cadillac’ Dennis @ Staple Food & Drink

    Staple Food & Drink 215 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 […]

  • Deep Roots 2026 Fall Series – Robin Webb @ Backdraft

    Backdraft 337 Cotton Row, 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 2026 Fall Series – Charles Sullivan @ Bar Fontaine

    Bar Fontaine 215 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, United States

    Americana singer Charles 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 […]

  • Deep Roots 2026 Fall 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 […]

  • 2026 Farmers Bakers & Makers Market – Neshun

    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 […]

  • Deep Roots 2026 Fall Series – Tony Boyd @ Staple Food & Drink

    Bar Fontaine 215 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 […]