Vocalist Neshun Holmes from McComb, 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 Angeles as part of the GRAMMY Museum’s ‘Mississippi Night’ in 2019. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree at Delta State while performing around town and […]
Mississippi Delta singer/songwriter, Peyton Aldridge, will be performing at the Historic Ellis Theater on Friday, September 30. You may have seen Peyton on Season 18 of American Idol, when he made it all the way to Hollywood, and he is currently competing on NBC’s The Voice, with an appearance scheduled for September 19. Opening for Peyton […]
Jake and the Pearl Street Jumpers got their band’s name from the street they grew up on in Cleveland. “When I was in elementary school, in about the fifth grade, my friends and I were trying to do music. The majority of us lived on Pearl Street. I was the leader of the group, so […]
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/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 Angeles as part of the GRAMMY Museum’s ‘Mississippi Night’ in 2019. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree at Delta State while performing around town […]
Alanna Mosley is a performing songwriter from Carrollton, Mississippi. Her diverse influences include Shawn Colvin, Gram Parsons, and Patty Griffin, and it shows in the wide variety of music she sings while always applying her own unique spin. She is a previous winner of the prestigious Jimmie Rodgers Singer/Songwriter Competition, and most nights she can […]
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 […]
40th Anniversary of Octoberfest Octoberfest has served as the largest festival in Bolivar County. The weekend is jam packed with food, music, arts, and entertainment for the entire family! Join us in historic downtown Cleveland, Mississippi on October 8th for the classic BBQ battle, artistic showcase, and some awesome Delta jam sessions! Vendor applications for […]
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: […]
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 […]
Sharing this on behalf of our good friends at the Bologna Performing Arts Center. The only thing mightier than Lena Mae Perry’s electrifying voice is her faith. She has spent the last 50 years sharing and sharpening both as the steadfast bandleader of The Branchettes, a legendary North Carolina gospel group that has packed churches […]
Vocalist Neshun Holmes from McComb, 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 Angeles as part of the GRAMMY Museum’s ‘Mississippi Night’ in 2019. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree at Delta State while performing around town and […]