Deep Roots Summer Shows - Chris "Brisket" Livingston @ Airport Grocery
2024-08-19 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Airport Grocery, 3608 Highway 61 N., Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 Prine, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Grateful Dead, and Widespread Panic. He is currently performing solo acoustic shows at local venues around the Mississippi Delta and playing bass guitar with the band Pharmtruck out of Oxford, MS.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Alanna Mosley @ Backdraft
2024-08-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Backdraft, 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 singer-songwriters from Carole King to Brandi Carlile. She began playing guitar at the age of 12 and hasn’t quit since. Over the years, Mosley has built an impressive repertoire of cover songs while also honing her own songwriting skills. She released an EP of original music in 2014, and in 2016 she was the winner of the prestigious Jimmie Rodgers Songwriting Competition. After living and gigging in Charlotte, North Carolina for several years, she returned to the Mississippi Delta in full force.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Neshun @ Darry's Food & Drink
2024-08-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Darry’s Food & Drink, 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, 38730, 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 a local barista. Her back up musician is Nick Aultman, guitarist and current entertainment industry studies major at Delta State.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Billy Maines @ 8 West Grille
2024-08-23 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 writing skills for a performing duo. After graduation, Maines relocated to Boulder, Colorado, where the wide open music scene inspired his writing and encouraged his performing with different bands up and down the ‘front range’ of the Rockies. He credits his main musical influences as The Band, Neil Young, Muddy Waters, and Bob Dylan. After moving to the Mississippi Delta in 2004, he learned to appreciate the rich heritage of the music of Mississippi, began to perform as a solo and duo artist and continues to do so today.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Holley Peel @ 8 West Grille
2024-08-24 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 another eight years. Her musical favorites cover a wide variety, including Bob Marley, Bon Iver, Susan Tedeschi, Gillian Welch, The Meters, Glen Hansard, Stevie Wonder, and Ryan Adams.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Ray Cashman @ Airport Grocery
2024-08-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Airport Grocery, 3608 Highway 61 N., Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 past. Cashman’s 2007 release, Texassippi Stomp, which featured Jimbo Mathus,(Squirrel Nut Zippers, Buddy Guy) was widely praised and placed on a number of critics year end best of lists for blues recordings. Cashman has toured England, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Hungary and the USA from the Gulf Coast to Canada and sea to shining sea. Cashman has released 9 full studio albums with the latest being 2023 Delta Sound. After living for over 20 years in music cities such as Austin and Nashville, Cashman resides in the birthplace of the Blues, Clarksdale, Mississippi.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Mike Ellis @ Backdraft
2024-08-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Backdraft, 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 has had a love for music and singing since early childhood, and he picked up the guitar at age eleven. In his formative years, Ellis was influenced by many of the “greats” in country, rock, and blues: George Strait, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Tom Petty, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ronnie Millsap, and Bob Wills, to name a few. It’s clear from his music that he’s emulated the best of the best with his foot-stomping rhythms and catchy melodies.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Mississippi Marshall Deluxe @ Darry's Food & Drink
2024-08-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Darry’s Food & Drink, 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, 38730, 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, Unity Festival, World Catfish Festival, Que on the Yazoo, and the Sam Chatmon Festival, both as a solo artist and with his band, The Juke Daddys. Mississippi Marshall is a two-time International Blues Challenge Semi-Finalist and a Mississippi Music Foundation award winner for Best Instrumental. Marshall and his grandson, Grayson, were semifinalists at the 2024 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. He recently released his fourth album titled I Believe I’ll Go Back Home.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Delta String Band @ 8 West Grille
2024-08-30 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 country kings Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, and even genre-fusing groups like the Grateful Dead, this duo brings their own flavor to the music they plays, and that “old school way” means playing music in its truest, purest, stripped-down form.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Danny Abraham & Tricia Walker @ 8 West Grille
2024-08-31 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 Connie Smith, Shania Twain and Paul Overstreet, and founded the Original Women in the Round, one of the most celebrated foursomes at Nashville’s prestigious Bluebird Café, with Pam Tillis, Karen Staley and Ashley Cleveland. Danny Abraham, well-known Cleveland men’s clothier, started playing piano when he was six years old and played in bands and as a solo artist throughout his youth. Danny’s first CD, Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me, was a labor of love and faith. The gospel collection of all original compositions was produced by the legendary Gordon Mote and recorded in Nashville.

Deep Roots Fall Shows - Neshun @ Airport Grocery
2024-09-02 18:30 - 20:30 | Airport Grocery, 3608 Highway 61 N., Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Fall Shows - Billy Maines @ Backdraft
2024-09-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Backdraft, 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 writing skills for a performing duo. After graduation, Maines relocated to Boulder, Colorado, where the wide open music scene inspired his writing and encouraged his performing with different bands up and down the ‘front range’ of the Rockies. He plays guitar, harmonica, mandolin, and fiddle across genres of Americana, Alternative Rock and the Blues. He credits his main musical influences as The Band, Neil Young, Muddy Waters, and Bob Dylan. After moving to the Mississippi Delta in 2004, he learned to appreciate the rich heritage of the music of Mississippi, began to perform as a solo artist and continues to do so today.

Deep Roots Fall Shows - Mary Claire @ Darry's Food & Drink
2024-09-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Darry’s Food & Drink, 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, 38730, 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. She is the lead singer for the rock band, Elektra, based out of Cleveland, and when she is not performing, she teaches performing arts at Bayou Academy.

Deep Roots Fall Shows - Alanna Mosley @ 8 West Grille
2024-09-06 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 singer-songwriters from Carole King to Brandi Carlile. Over the years, Mosley has built an impressive repertoire of cover songs while also honing her own songwriting skills. She released an EP of original music in 2014, and in 2016 she was the winner of the prestigious Jimmie Rodgers Songwriting Competition. After living and gigging in Charlotte, North Carolina for several years, she returned to the Mississippi Delta in full force.

Deep Roots Fall Shows - Variety @ 8 West Grille
2024-09-07 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 early ages of 5 and 6 years old, respectively. Eric’s voice has been compared to the Isley Brothers, and Shara’s voice draws comparisons to Whitney Houston, but they both feel that God has given them each a unique voice. Although known for their R&B style, the duo is also deeply rooted in gospel music. The duo has released an album together titled There Is No One Else, and in addition to writing original music for God’s Anointed Voices, Eric has released an R&B project titled Those Vinyl Days!

Deep Roots Fall Shows - Variety @ Airport Grocery
2024-09-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Airport Grocery, 3608 Highway 61 N., Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States
Variety is the popular ‘old school’ R&B/soul duo of siblings Eric Edwards and Shara White from Cleveland, Mississippi. 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 early ages of 5 and 6 years old, respectively. Eric’s voice has been compared to the Isley Brothers, and Shara’s voice draws comparisons to Whitney Houston, but they both feel that God has given them each a unique voice. Although known for their R&B style, the duo is also deeply rooted in gospel music. The duo has released an album together titled There Is No One Else, and in addition to writing original music for God’s Anointed Voices, Eric has released an R&B project titled Those Vinyl Days!

Deep Roots Fall Shows - Alanna Mosley @ Backdraft
2024-09-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Backdraft, 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Fall Shows - Tony Boyd @ Darry's Food & Drink
2024-09-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Darry’s Food & Drink, 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, 38730, United States
Tony Boyd is a solo musician from North Mississippi and has been playing music for over three decades, showcasing a variety of country, blues, and folk music.

Deep Roots Fall Shows - Holley Peel @ 8 West Grille
2024-09-13 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Fall Shows - Mississippi Marshall Deluxe @ 8 West Grille
2024-09-14 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Fall Series - Guitar Frenchie @ Airport Grocery
2024-09-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Airport Grocery, 3608 Highway 61 N., Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 playing in France I felt somewhat like a copycat,” Frenchie says. “But as soon as I landed in the U.S. I felt at home, because this was where the music I loved was born.” Although he’s played with many greats over the years, Frenchie says “the highlight of my musical career was becoming a U.S. citizen” in August 2016. America has inspired Kevin “Frenchie” Sciou to follow his own path. From his humble beginnings to the sophomore release of his Frenchie’s Blues Destroyers album Praise: He defiantly beat the odds in his pursuit of the American Dream.”

Deep Roots Fall Series - Delta String Band @ Backdraft
2024-09-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Backdraft, 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Fall Series - Billy Maines @ Darry's Food & Drink
2024-09-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Darry’s Food & Drink, 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, 38730, United States

Deep Roots Fall Series - Billy Maines @ 8 West Grille
2024-09-20 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Fall Series - Alanna Mosley @ 8 West Grille
2024-09-21 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Fall Series - Mississippi Marshall Deluxe @ Airport Grocery
2024-09-23 18:30 - 20:30 | Airport Grocery, 3608 Highway 61 N., Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Fall Series - Danny Abraham & Tricia Walker @ Backdraft
2024-09-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Backdraft, 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 a songwriter for three different publishing companies, as a backing musician for Opry star Connie Smith, Shania Twain and Paul Overstreet, and founded the Original Women in the Round, one of the most celebrated foursomes at Nashville’s prestigious Bluebird Café, with Pam Tillis, Karen Staley and Ashley Cleveland. Tricia returned to her native Mississippi in 2006 to become director of the Delta Music Institute, an entertainment industry studies program at her alma mater, Delta State University. She retired from DSU in 2019 as Director Emerita, DMI, and Professor of the Practice Emerita in Entertainment Industry Studies. She is now serving as the music ambassador for the City of Cleveland, MS where she is leading the Deep Roots music initiative.
Danny Abraham, well-known Cleveland men’s clothier, started playing piano when he was six years old and played in bands and as a solo artist throughout his youth. “I played when I was at Ole Miss with a group that went all over recruiting students and was able to share the stage with celebrities like Bob Hope and others,” says Abraham. When I returned to Cleveland, to attend Delta State, I joined the campus music group Renaissance, and we literally toured all over the world. Even after I opened my store, Abraham’s, I continued to play with people whenever and wherever I could.” Danny’s first CD, Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me, was a labor of love and faith. The gospel collection of all original compositions was produced by the legendary Gordon Mote and recorded in Nashville. Abraham said he was blessed to be surrounded by a number of talented and well-known musicians on his CD. From Cleveland/Delta business legend to gospel performer, Danny Abraham’s life is proof that with faith and hard work, anything and everything is possible.

Deep Roots Fall Series - Charles Sullivan II @ Darry's Food & Drink
2024-09-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Darry’s Food & Drink, 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, 38730, 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 Waylon Jennings, and even genre-fusing groups like the Grateful Dead, Sullivan brings his own flavor to the music he plays, and that “old school way” means playing music in its truest, purest, stripped-down form.

Deep Roots Fall Series - Guitar Frenchie @ 8 West Grille
2024-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 playing in France I felt somewhat like a copycat,” Frenchie says. “But as soon as I landed in the U.S. I felt at home, because this was where the music I loved was born.” Although he’s played with many greats over the years, Frenchie says “the highlight of my musical career was becoming a U.S. citizen” in August 2016. America has inspired Kevin “Frenchie” Sciou to follow his own path. From his humble beginnings to the sophomore release of his Frenchie’s Blues Destroyers album Praise: He defiantly beat the odds in his pursuit of the American Dream.

Deep Roots Fall Series - Neshun @ 8 West Grille
2024-09-28 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States
