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  • Deep Roots: Live Downtown! – Harmony Gospel Quartet of Boyle

    Ellis Theatre - Delta Arts Alliance 104 S. Court St., Cleveland, MS, United States

    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 […]

  • Deep Roots: Live Downtown! Special Saturday show featuring Mohead

    Delta Arts Alliance (Outdoor Awning) 104 S. Court St., Cleveland, MS, United States

    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 […]

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    Deep Roots: Live Downtown! – Gran Boiz

    Ellis Theatre - Delta Arts Alliance 104 S. Court St., Cleveland, MS, United States

    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

    Deep Roots: Live Downtown! – Jeff McCreary

    Cleveland/Bolivar Chamber of Commerce 101 S. Bayou, Cleveland, MS, United States

    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, […]

  • Deep Roots: Live Downtown! – Jazz Persuasion – Special Saturday Show!

    Delta Arts Alliance (Outdoor Awning) 104 S. Court St., Cleveland, MS, United States

    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 […]

  • Deep Roots: Live Downtown! – Variety

    Cleveland/Bolivar Chamber of Commerce 101 S. Bayou, Cleveland, MS, United States

    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 […]

  • Deep Roots: Live Downtown! – Delta String Band and Craig Adams

    Ellis Theatre - Delta Arts Alliance 104 S. Court St., Cleveland, MS, United States

    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 […]

  • Deep Roots: Live Downtown! – Tricia Walker – Special Sunday Show!

    Cleveland/Bolivar Chamber of Commerce 101 S. Bayou, Cleveland, MS, 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 […]

  • Deep Roots 2022 Winter/Spring Series – Mark “Muleman” Massey

    Ellis Theatre - Delta Arts Alliance 104 S. Court St., Cleveland, MS, United States

    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 […]

  • Deep Roots 2022 Winter/Spring Series – Blue Mother Tupelo

    Ellis Theatre - Delta Arts Alliance 104 S. Court St., Cleveland, MS, United States

    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, […]

  • Deep Roots 2022 Winter/Spring Series – Blackwater Trio

    Ellis Theatre - Delta Arts Alliance 104 S. Court St., Cleveland, MS, United States

    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 […]

  • Deep Roots 2022 Winter/Spring Series – Libby Rae Watson

    Ellis Theatre - Delta Arts Alliance 104 S. Court St., Cleveland, MS, United States

    Libby Rae Watson grew up in Mississippi a few blocks from the Gulf of Mexico. Not exactly the heart of the Delta and the delta blues, but just a few hours drive away. Captivated by the music, she became deeply involved with the Delta in the mid 1970's, searching, exploring, documenting, meeting and playing with […]