Born With the Blues by Cora Mae Bryant Cora Mae adorns herself with brightly colored clothes and jewelry. She shined like a bright light in the heart of the Deep South. Her music tells a personal story, the type of story that most would dream to be able to tell, let alone sing. Cora is from […]

When we boarded the plane, early in the morning, the flight attendant came on the PA to tell us that the weather in Los Angeles was 62 with 0% humidity. Everyone sighed with relief. The Revue was coming from all over the Southeast: New Orleans, Macon, GA, Bernice, LA and Atlanta. As you can imagine […]

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!

Robert Belfour, lesser known than his fellow Mississippi Hill Country contemporaries like R. L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Jesse Mae Hemphill, was a powerful guitar player with an intense attack. When he plays, it sounds like the guitar and its strings might explode under the pressure of his taut fingers, pinching, pulling, bending, his thumb […]

Phil Cook (Hiss Golden Messenger/Megafuan) has partnered with Music Maker partner artists, The Branchettes for his Southland Revue project. They will be playing at the Eaux Claires Festival in in Wisconsin on August 12th + 13th.  I moved to North Carolina from Wisconsin back in 2005 – I needed to be closer to the music […]