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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Sep 1

AVAILABLE NOW—LIVING BLUES #298!

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Sep 1

AVAILABLE NOW—LIVING BLUES #298!

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Aug 20

Norman Sylvester loves Living Blues—and you will too! Subscribe today for over 50% off!

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Aug 18

Living Blues Looks Back: Issue #5 – Lowell Fulson - mailchi.mp/livingblues/...

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Aug 12

Norman Sylvester loves Living Blues! Let him tell you why—and subscribe today for over 50% off! - mailchi.mp/livingblues/...

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Aug 5

Happening this weekend, August 8th-10th, 2025: the Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Admission is free!

For more information, visit www.sunflowerfest.org.

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jul 25

Happening tomorrow, Saturday, July 26th: Junior Kimbrough's 95th Birthday Bash in Holly Springs, Mississippi. The event will be held at Graceland Too, located at 200 Gholson Street. Gates open at 4:30pm, and the music begins at 6:30pm. Admission is free.

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jul 21

The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi, has scheduled several events to celebrate the centennial of B.B. King’s birth this September. For more information, visit bbkingmuseum.org.

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jul 1

AVAILABLE NOW—LIVING BLUES #297!

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jun 27

Happening this weekend, June 27-28, in Waterford, Mississippi: the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic. For more information, visit nmshillcountrypicnic.com.

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jun 23

Memphis blues musician "Daddy" Mack Orr died on June 16, 2025. He was 80 years old.

Orr was profiled in Living Blues #209 (October/November 2010).

An obituary will be published in an upcoming issue.

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Veteran bluesman 'Daddy' Mack Orr, beloved figure in Memphis music scene, has died at 80

A cotton picker turned mechanic turned musician, “Daddy” Mack Orr became a fixture in Memphis nightclubs and international ambassador for Delta blues.

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jun 17

Living Blues Looks Back: Issue #13 - Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jun 17

Happening Thursday, June 19th through Saturday, June 21st: the 53rd Annual Bentonia Blues Festival at the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, Mississippi.

Admission is free. For more information, visit visityazoo.org/bentonia-blu....

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jun 15

LAST CALL! Vote in the 2025 Living Blues Awards—poll closes at midnight tonight! - mailchi.mp/livingblues/...

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jun 14

Voting ends TOMORROW! Cast your ballot in the 2025 Living Blues Awards today! - mailchi.mp/livingblues/...

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jun 13

Valerie June (LB #221) performs "Endless Tree" from her new album OWLS, OMENS & ORACLES on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Valerie June – Endless Tree

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jun 8

Beautiful evening and great turnout in the Grove at the University of Mississippi in Oxford for Alvin Youngblood Hart!

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jun 8

ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT to vote in the 2025 Living Blues Awards! - mailchi.mp/livingblues/...

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jun 4

Happening this Sunday, June 8th: Alvin Youngblood Hart will perform as part of the Summer Sunset Series at The University of Mississippi in Oxford. The concert begins at 6pm on the Grove stage and admission is free!

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · Jun 1

Have you voted yet? Cast your ballot in the 2025 Living Blues Awards today! - mailchi.mp/livingblues/...

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · May 9

See the full list of winners here. bit.ly/3Z9wJqU

Chicago's Ronnie Baker Brooks, and a trio of Mississippians win big at Blues Music Awards

The 46th edition of the BMA honors — staged by the Memphis-based Blues Foundation — were held at the Renasant Convention Center in Downtown Memphis.

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · May 9

Two recent Living Blues cover artists took home awards last night. Ronnie Baker Brooks (#294) won Contemporary Blues Male Artist, Contemporary Blues Album for BLUES IN MY DNA, and Song of the Year for “Blues in My DNA.” Our current cover artist, Thornetta Davis (#296), won Soul Blues Female Artist.

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · May 9

On Thursday, May 8th, The Blues Foundation presented the 46th Annual Blues Music Awards at the Renasant Convention Center in Memphis.

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · May 8

Living Blues #296 (May/June 2025) Is Now Available! - mailchi.mp/livingblues/...

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · May 3

Joe Louis Walker died on April 30, 2025. He was 75 years old.

Walker was featured on the cover of Living Blues #87 (July/August 1989), #151 (May/June 2000), and #218 (April/May 2012).

A full obituary will be published in an upcoming issue.

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Living Blues @livingblues.bsky.social · May 1

AVAILABLE NOW—LIVING BLUES #296!

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