Delta Deep Roots

Deep Roots: Live @ 5! - Peyton Aldridge
2024-07-05 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Delta Arts Alliance (Outdoor Awning), 104 S. Court St., Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States
Welcome back rising star Peyton Aldridge, who officially launched his solo career with a sold out January 2023 concert in his hometown of Cleveland, MS, with the announcement of a series of single releases. His September 2022 appearance on The Voice, turned the heads and chairs of three judges; inciting a friendly rivalry between Judge John legend, for blocking fellow Judge Blake Shelton from participating. Peyton has consistently earned praise for the honesty and his songwriting and the soulfulness of his vocals. Born in Marks and raised in Cleveland, MS, near the birthplace of the musical style known as the Delta Blues, Peyton got an early start singing with his church choir and local music venues before earning accolades and getting the attention of fans and industry, insiders alike with his sofa, rendition of quote “Can’t You See” by the Marshall Tucker band during his audition on The Voice. Watch for a special guest with Peyton on this Deep Roots: Live @ 5! show.

2024 Deep Roots Summer Series - Alanna Mosley @ Bar Fontaine
2024-07-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Staple Food & Drink, 215 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. 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.

2024 Deep Roots Summer Series - Mississippi Marshall Deluxe @ 8 West Grille
2024-07-06 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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.

2024 Deep Roots Summer Series - Variety @ Bar Fontaine
2024-07-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Staple Food & Drink, 215 Cotton Row, 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!

2024 Deep Roots Summer Series - Mississippi Marshall Deluxe @ Backdraft
2024-07-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Backdraft, 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

2024 Deep Roots Summer Series - Delta String Band @ Darry's Food & Drink
2024-07-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Darry’s Food & Drink, 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, 38730, 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.

2024 Deep Roots Summer Series - Billy Maines @ Bar Fontaine
2024-07-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Staple Food & Drink, 215 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 an acoustic artist and continues to do so today.

2024 Deep Roots Summer Series - Alanna Mosley and Walt Busby @ 8 West Grille
2024-07-13 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. Joining Alanna will be Delta musician and astrophotographer Walt Busby.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Guitar Frenchie @ Bar Fontaine
2024-07-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Staple Food & Drink, 215 Cotton Row, 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 Summer Shows - Alanna Mosley @ Backdraft
2024-07-23 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. 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: 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 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 - Chris 'Brisket' Livingston @ Darry's Food & Drink
2024-07-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Darry’s Food & Drink, 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, 38730, 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 - Charles Sullivan @ Bar Fontaine
2024-07-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Staple Food & Drink, 215 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 Summer Shows - Mississippi Marshall Deluxe @ 8 West Grille
2024-07-27 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Alanna Mosley @ Bar Fontaine
2024-07-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Staple Food & Drink, 215 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. 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: 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. If you’re a lover of great music in need of some shade, find out where Alanna Mosley might be playing near you at www.alannamosley.com.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Mary Claire @ Backdraft
2024-07-30 18:30 - 20:30 | Backdraft, 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 music at Bayou Academy.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Billy Maines @ Darry's Food & Drink
2024-08-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Darry’s Food & Drink, 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, 38730, 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 Summer Shows - Danny Abraham and Tricia Walker @ 8 West Grille
2024-08-03 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. 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 Summer Shows - Billy Maines at Airport Grocery
2024-08-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Airport Grocery, 3608 Highway 61 N., Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Mississippi Marshall Deluxe @ Backdraft
2024-08-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Backdraft, 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Alanna Mosley @ Darry's Food & Drink
2024-08-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Darry’s Food & Drink, 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, 38730, 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 @ 8 West Grille
2024-08-10 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 - Guitar Frenchie @ Airport Grocery
2024-08-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Airport Grocery, 3608 Highway 61 N., Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Chris Livingston @ Backdraft
2024-08-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Backdraft, 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Charles Sullivan II @ Darry's Food & Drink
2024-08-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Darry’s Food & Drink, 122 East TM Jones Hwy., Boyle, MS, 38730, United States

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Michael 'Cadillac' Dennis @ 8 West Grille
2024-08-16 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, 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 starting to play guitar for various Blues artists. Dennis formed his own band, the Big Time Rhythm & Blues Band in the spring of 2010 and booked performances throughout the South, Northwest, and even Hawaii. He recently released a single, “2X Woman”, which he co-produced with the help of another Deep Roots musician, Eric Edwards.

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Alanna Mosley @ 8 West Grille
2024-08-17 19:00 - 21:00 | 8 West Grille, 1300 Hwy. 8 West, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Chris "Brisket" Livingston @ Airport Grocery
2024-08-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Airport Grocery, 3608 Highway 61 N., Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

Deep Roots Summer Shows - Alanna Mosley @ Backdraft
2024-08-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Backdraft, 337 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS, 38732, United States

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

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.
