Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Delta Roots Radio Hour will launch as a weekly 30-minute web series on www.wdsw.org, the home page of WDSW 88.1 The Trail. The radio show is produced by Big Front Porch Productions in the studios of WDSW 88.1 The Trail, on the campus of Delta State University, broadcasting locally and streaming worldwide. The Delta Roots Radio Hour […]
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. Opening act will be Delta State Entertainment Industry major Mary Claire.
Chris Dixon is a gospel singer, pianist, and music director from Clarksdale, Mississippi. His mission is to encourage and inspire listeners throughout the Mississippi Delta and beyond with soulful melodies and uplifting lyrics, influenced by traditional gospel and contemporary Christian music. His music is influenced by gospel greats Andraé Crouch and Kirk Franklin, contemporary christian artists like […]
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 […]
Delta State and DMI graduate Libby Switzer returns to the Delta to present some contemporary tunes at 8 West Grilled. A native of Gulfport, Mississippi, Libby is now living and working in Nashville, Tennessee and is currently working on a new solo project.