An Unforgettable Night at Red’s
Remembering the late juke joint owner Red Paden and a soul-shaking visit to his Clarksdale beacon for blues lovers
January 17, 2024
CCN - Clarksdale is one of the 10 Best Cities to Visit -- June 2025
USA Today - 10 Best Road Trips --- THE GREAT RIVER ROAD #1 May 2025
Golf Vacations - Mississippi Golf and Blues - May 2025
Southern Living Best of March 2024
Clarksdale made 3 of the Best of in Mississippi by Southern Living Readers - Best Blues Club - Top Ten Small Towns and Abes top Ten BBQ Places in Mississippi - March 2024
AFAR magazine
5 Great American Road Trips For Music Fans
By Nicholas DeRenzo • February 07, 2024
Get on the road again to experience these tuneful itineraries through the Mississippi Delta, along the California coast, and more.
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Clarksdale on 60 Minutes
The State of the “Blues” by 60 Minutes Oct 29, 2023
60 MINUTES' covers Clarksdale's JJF, blues revitalization and Kingfish:
Currently CBS video of Clarksdale is only available with Paramount + Subscription
www.cbsnews.com/video/kingfish-mississippi-delta-blues-60-minutes-video-2023-10-29
Chapel Hart - Films FIST CITY Music Video Summer 2023 - Clarksdale MS
Smithsonian June July 2023 - 15 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2023
Only In Your State - Strangest Town in the Deep South July 2023
In the strangest town in Mississippi, Clarksdale, you will surely be captivated by the city’s distinctive blend of art, history, and blues. There’s no other place quite like it, with its peculiar charm and allure that make every visit an unforgettable experience.
As your adventure in Clarksdale winds down, don’t let your journey through Mississippi end there. Extend your exploration with a visit to Buon Cibo. Famous for its unique pizzas named after regional towns in Mississippi, it’s the perfect place to savor the diverse flavors of the state. Don’t forget to share your favorite moments or comment below about your visit to Mississippi’s strangest town.
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Music Cities Awards Nominations
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Awards
September 1, 2020
The Music Cities Awards, put on by Music Cities Events, has announced the 2020 nominees for their 9 categories. Visit Clarksdale has been nominated in TWO categories!
“The Music Cities Awards is a global competition designed to acknowledge and reward the most outstanding applications of music for economic, social and cultural development in cities and places all around the world.
The awards also aim to promote best practice and demonstrate the value of music to the world.
The ceremony will be held on September 23rd 2020.”
Read more on Music Cities Events website.
The Riverside Hotel: The real birthplace of rock 'n' roll
Kylie Klein-Nixon
Stuff
JUNE 28, 2020
“On the banks of a river called Sunflower, in the Mississippi Delta, is a rickety looking hotel that's had a huge impact on your life.
You might have heard of it. It's called the Riverside Hotel and it's in Clarksdale.”
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Clarksdale musicians escape the not getting paid blues
Fox 13 News
JUNE 2020
Clarksdale musicians escape the not getting paid blues by having virtual live blues music seven nights a week. Coahoma County Tourism Commission’s executive director Bubba O’Keefe explains how this is done.
Watch here.
Mississippi's best writers, artists, musicians and more: MIAL announces winners
Clarion Ledger
JUNE 17, 2020
The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters has announced its 2020 award winners for excellence in the arts.
An out-of-state panel of specialty judges selected artists, writers and musicians for this distinction who demonstrate high-quality skills in works published, performed or shown. These are the winners, according to a news release from MIAL Friday.
The Mississippi Tennessee Williams Festival won the Special Achievements Award.
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Searching for the Crossroads in the Mississippi Delta
Blake Guthrie
Atlanta Journal Constitution By Blake Guthrie
JUNE 29, 2020
“The Mississippi Delta is a place of legends, myths and lore, much of it related to blues music.”
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Golfing with the King, Queen, and Grammy in Mississippi
Golf Aficionado By Rich Styles
JUNE 15, 2020
“When I got invited on a golf trip to Mississippi, I knew from childhood how to spell it, but I never dreamed it would result in being educated in the middle of the Delta Blues and southern hospitality.”
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John Ruskey, Champion of the Lower Mississippi River
Mathieu Despiau
Terrain By Nick Tilley
JUNE 17, 2020
John Ruskey is, by any estimation, a modern-day Renaissance Man. He’s an artist, musician, writer, speaker, educator, entrepreneur, and conservationist. The man himself would claim he’s a frontiersman, one in the spirit of Meriwether Lewis and John Muir. More modestly, he’d say, “I’m just a river rat, a worker bee in the service of my queen, the Mississippi River.”
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5 Grammy Artists You Need to Hear
Amy Harris/Invision, via Associated
The New York Times
JAN 22, 2020
The dozens of categories include many musicians worth discovering. Listen to their critics’ picks here.
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Hot on the trail of tamales, on a road trip through the Mississippi Delta
Chicago Tribune By Alexandra Marvar
FEB 14, 2020
Along the mighty Mississippi, lies a 200-mile diamond-shaped swath of fertile farmland and floodplain known as the Mississippi Delta. It’s a region rich with blues music, civil rights sites, and agribusiness (especially cotton). It’s also the spiritual home of a beloved snack called the hot tamale.
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