Super Blues Sunday is here! We loved rocking Helena with the King Biscuit Blues Festival , and are so. ready. to host y'all for the afterparty! The 25th annual Pinetop Homecoming is at Hopson Hospitality  3-8p today and supports the Pinetop Perkins Foundation , and our local businesses are cranking up the blues around town all day and night. Full schedule below. Our churches are also core to the community, and would like visitors to know: you're invited. Doors are open this

Fuel up, friends: it's another beautiful day at the King Biscuit Blues Festival . $20 tickets at the door, and plenty of green grass along the levee for your lawn chairs and picnic blankets. Quicksand's Busker stage and the Delta Cultural Center  Front Porch stage are FREE thanks to Arkansas Heritage and the blues societies, fans, and you who fill the tip bucket. Across from Quicksand's stage, Delta Dirt Distillery  is releasing a new bourbon chocolate, nearly selling out of

King Biscuit is here! We start Wednesday at noon, with an epic week of music, panels, cocktails & cuisine -- featuring superstars like Garry Burnside, Jimmy Duck Holmes, Reba Russell, Paul Thorn, Eden Brent, Anson Funderburgh, Bob Corritore, the Pinetop students and so many more. Scroll below for the full schedule, all stages, all week. Neighbors are co-hosting this year.   We'll kick off here downtown Wed. afternoon, before throwing a Mississippi Welcome Party (with gumbo of

On another note... This commemoration will be a small, informal, but powerful gathering: Sunday, 3pm. This 'coup'/almost-massacre happened right across the fields from where Mighty Roots is this weekend, and Sheriff Brown escaped through Helena, where King Biscuit is next weekend. It's a seldom-told story of the complexity here during 'Reconstruction' after the Civil War. There's also inspiration in the resilience and heroism of good people, and courageous acts both big and s

The Mighty Roots Music Festival  is this weekend -- and has a great new addition! Saturday's Mighty Levee Gravel Ride is your one chance all year to bike the levee along the Mississippi River. The 26-52mi rides start at 8:30am, and the 13mi fun ride is just $25 and starts at 10:00am. There'll be music, photo opps, and even a cold shower for you to get festival-ready. The festival has yoga and mimosas, camping, and an incredible party by day AND night. This year's lineup featu

Congrats to Christone "KINGFISH" Ingram , who released a new album today -- on his own label! "Hard Road" is out now, everywhere. Snag it as a limited-edition Purple & Gold Swirl vinyl on his website, and inside you might find one of 100 Golden Tickets giving you a pair of tix to a show of your choice. His new red0records  is named in homage to our local clubs where he grew up playing, Red's Clarksdale  and Ground Zero Blues Club . "Hard Road" is an introspective reflection o

Free for all ages, Sat. 4-7pm: blues, soul, and a perfect Delta sunset. Join us on Cherry Street in Helena, Arkansas for "Lanterns on the Levee" with: 4pm the Just Groovin' Experience  is a mix of pocket soul, funk & blues from Memphis 5pm Tawanna Campbell-Berry  has been leading the soul scene in Little Rock 6pm Dylan Triplett  is a St. Louis prodigy blending blues, R&B and jazz into his own style -- earning his album a BMA for Best Emerging Artist ...all free thanks to the

Who loves a good Meat & Three? It’s a classic local lunch – and this Southern gentleman’s philosophy on food, farming, family and faith. Roadtrippers and locals alike can experience the magic off Hwy-49 in Drew MS… and fans everywhere can now get Stafford’s new book delivered to your door!  Here’s a "Meet & Three" excerpt: “The hum of the tires on my truck shifts from the steady drone of Highway 49 to a crunching sound as I turn west onto the gravel… I’ve largely done my job: