Watch Jimmy “Duck” Holmes sing “Devil Got My Woman” from the Mississippi...
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes sang “Devil Got My Woman” at his Mississippi Blues Project concert on October 22, 2012. At the beginning, he notes that he is unsure of the song’s origin, citing Nehemiah “Skip”...
View ArticleWatch: A visit to Red’s Lounge in Clarksdale, Mississippi featuring Red Paden...
World Cafe Travel Adventures went to Memphis and Clarksdale, Mississippi in October. While in Clarksdale, as part of WXPN’s Mississippi Blues Project, we visited Red’s Lounge, a legendary juke joint...
View ArticleWatch Jimmy “Duck” Holmes perform “Hard Time Killing Floor” in concert from...
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and Terry “Harmonica” Bean performed in a Mississippi Blues Project concert at World Cafe Live on October 22nd, 2012. You can listen to the concert here. Below, watch Jimmy Duck...
View ArticleWatch: Terry “Harmonica” Bean and Jimmy “Duck” Holmes in concert at World...
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and Terry “Harmonica” Bean performed in a Mississippi Blues Project concert at World Cafe Live on October 22nd, 2012. You can listen to the concert here. Below, watch a few more...
View ArticleBlues Beyond The Blues by Tom Moon: A video companion (part one)
For Tom Moon’s essay on the Blues Beyond The Blues (read it here we put together a Spotify playlist that you can listen to here. Below, watch part one of the video companion to the essay by Moon.
View ArticlePossible New Photo Of Robert Johnson? by Jonny Meister
The British newspaper The Guardian is reporting that a new photograph of Robert Johnson has been authenticated. The photo shows him with longtime traveling companion Johnny Shines. The two known...
View ArticleMagic Slim 1937-2013 by Jonny Meister
Few Philadelphia blues fans were aware that Magic Slim was in Philadelphia in February, in the intensive care unit at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he died on February 20. The great...
View ArticleWatch Robert “Wolfman” Belfour perform “Big Road Blues” at WXPN’s Free At...
Mississippi blues legend Robert “Wolfman” Belfour performed a concert at World Cafe Live for WXPN’s Free At Noon on February 15th, 2013. You can see photos and listen to the audio of the full sets...
View ArticleWatch: David Bromberg performs two Mississippi Blues classics
Below, from our session with David Bromberg, watch him perform “Kind-Hearted Woman,” and “Wee Midnight Hours.” You can listen to the full session here.
View ArticleWatch James Cotton live in concert from the TLA in Philadelphia
The legendary James Cotton played the TLA on Friday, September 6th for the final concert of XPN’s Mississippi Blues Project. The 78 year old blues man performed with the energy of a twenty-something...
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