Experimental jazz duo Betzenzo performs complex and contemplative music. The musicians met as students at Delta State University and they have been playing together for several years. This Deep Roots show will coincide with The Drench art show opening of Ashley Laurenzo and Allyson Hardy in the Ellis Gallery of the Delta Arts Alliance. Reception for […]
The Harmony Gospel Quartet of Boyle, Mississippi will have audiences feeling the spirit with a rousing show filled with Gospel favorites and joyous originals. Started as a family musical ensemble, the Harmony Quartet has evolved into something much bigger, with some members moving on to work with well-known recording artists. Family patriarch Larry Williams said Harmony […]
BONUS SATURDAY SHOW! Deep Roots: Live Downtown! is pleased to offer a ‘bonus’ show during 50 Nights of Lights with Delta favorite, Mohead. Singer/songwriter Mohead has recorded for Rounder Records and was a staff writer for Universal Music Nashville, where he co-wrote “Southern Women,” a Billboard top 20 hit for the Wright Brothers, with Kent Blazy. He […]
The Gran Boiz are a dynamic roots trio based in the Mississippi Delta. Their blend of R&B, soul, and blues is a perfect combination for bringing people of all backgrounds together under the sweet strains of foot-stomping, hip-swaying music. Their influences include a wide variety of artists, including fellow Mississippians Sam Cooke and B.B. King. […]
Jeff McCreary is a singer-songwriter from the Delta town of Cleveland, Mississippi. McCreary’s music is the wry, hard-earned expression of life and time in the mystic region famously described as “the most Southern place on earth.” Inspired by Dylan’s music, as well as Texas songwriter Townes Van Zandt, he began to write his own songs, […]
Regional favorite, Jazz Persuasion, is made up of a group of accomplished musicians from various towns across the Delta. The band is regularly featured at Lillo's in Leland, Mississippi and the Blue Biscuit in Indianola, Mississippi, and they always deliver on performing familiar jazz standards for their audiences. They will be performing a special Saturday […]
Variety is the popular ‘old school’ R&B/soul duo of siblings Eric Edwards and Shara White from Cleveland, Mississippi. Although known for their R&B style, the duo is also deeply rooted in gospel music. Variety will be performing beginning at 6:30 pm on the west platform of the depot at the Cleveland/Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce […]
In a Deep Roots split bill, the Delta String Band and Craig Adams will be sharing the stage for a special night of music! The Delta String Band is best described as an Americana band. They play a variety of styles, from folk and bluegrass to straight-up country. With influences like bluegrass great Ralph Stanley, folk […]
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 […]
Born in the Mississippi Delta, Mark learned the true meaning of the Blues down on Parchman Farm Penitentiary. He was taught by David Kimbrough, the son of Jr. Kimbrough, how to play the guitar inside Parchman, and soon after, Mark joined the Parchman Prison Band. After Mark left Parchman, he followed his love for the Blues […]
Ricky & Micol Davis are the songwriting, recording, performing music artists known as the husband & wife duo, Blue Mother Tupelo. Blue Mother Tupelo brings a seasoned edge to American Roots music. Their music is rhythmic, melodic, harmonic and soulful; and their recordings have reached the Top 5 on the Americana charts, their album, Heaven & Earth, […]
The Blackwater Trio is a folk/rock band that uses two guitars, a violin and three-part harmony to evoke a powerful response from their audience. Based in Clarksdale, Mississippi, the Trio was formed in the fall of 2013 when violinist Alice Hasen, then a high school band director, sat in with local guitarists Walt Busby and […]