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7 hrs ago | The Clarion-Ledger

Clarksdale belts it out

The blues beckon at the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival and it must be a pretty loud call.

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Related Topix: Blues, Latimore, Shemekia Copeland, Jimmy Burns, Coahoma County, MS

Wed Aug 06, 2008

Charlotte.com

Morgan Freeman, longtime wife divorcing

Morgan Freeman and his wife, Myrna Colley-Lee, arrive at the 2004 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Annual Awards Gala, held at Tavern on the Green in New York, on Tuesday, January 13, 2004.

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Related Topix: January, Thriller, Crime Movies, Action, The Dark Knight

Tue Aug 05, 2008

St. Cloud Times Online

Freeman breaks bones in car crash

Actor Morgan Freeman suffered some broken bones in a car accident Sunday in which his car flipped several times.

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Mon Aug 04, 2008

GroundReport.com

Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS

Morgan Freeman, 71, was critically injured in a car accident on Sunday near the Clarksdale, Mississippi blues club he owns, Ground Zero Blues Club.

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Related Topix: Memphis, TN Metro

Sat Aug 02, 2008

NewsBlaze

All about Us DVD Review

Edward and Stacey Brown are a young African-American couple trying to make it as filmmakers in Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: African-American

Thu Jul 31, 2008

Birmingham News Online

A little late-night commitment action?

Sure, it's 9:45 p.m., and almost time to watch The Daily Show ... But it's never too late for a commitment.

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Tue Jul 29, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Yocona Folk Festival

North Mississippians are preparing for a fun annual draw in the Yocona International Festival.

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Related Topix: Coahoma County, MS, Rust College, Holly Springs, MS, Tupelo, MS, Mississippi

Sat Jul 26, 2008

Hattiesburg American

Mississippi's Idea House makes 'Southern Living' cover

Mississippi's first Southern Living Idea House, Taylor Creek in Taylor, makes the popular magazine's August cover, due in subscribers' mailboxes this week and on newsstands July 29.

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Related Topix: Taylor, MS, Mississippi, McCool, MS, Tupelo, MS

Thu Jul 24, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Hear This - By Kyle Doherty

When: 9 p.m. Friday. Where: Fanatics, 2106 McDowell Road, Jackson. Cost: Call for cover.

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Related Topix: Jackson, MS

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Hattiesburg American

Mississippi's Idea House makes 'Southern Living' cover

Mississippi's first Southern Living Idea House, Taylor Creek in Taylor, makes the popular magazine's August cover, due in subscribers' mailboxes this week and on newsstands July 29.

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Related Topix: Taylor, MS, Mississippi, McCool, MS, Tupelo, MS

A.V. Club

Great Vintage Blues 12: John Lee Hooker

I'm pretty swamped today so I'll keep this short, although not as short as this timeline of John Lee Hooker 's life taken verbatim from his Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame page : August 22, 1917: John Lee Hooker was ...

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Related Topix: University of California System, UC Berkeley

Sun Jul 20, 2008

WREG-TV Memphis

Police Officer Daughter of Murdered D.J. Speaks

Posted by Stephanie Scurlock Police Officer Daughter of Murdered D.J. Speaks Murdered Blues D.J. is father of Memphis Police Officer Veteran Officer works in domestic violence unit now victim of crime Officer ...

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Sat Jul 19, 2008

Blues Foundation News

R.I.P. Dee Atlas 'Cap'n Pete' Henderson 1936-2008

Popular Memphis radio DJ Dee Henderson, also known as "Cap N Pete" was found dead Wednesday behind his home in Southwest Memphis.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

Commercial Appeal

Grandson charged in WEVL deejay's shooting

YAHOO! Grandson charged in WEVL deejay's shooting By Jody Callahan , Memphis Commercial Appeal Friday, July 18, 2008 Memphis police have arrested the grandson of a popular deejay killed Wednesday, charging him ...

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Related Topix: University of Tennessee System, Memphis (University of Tennessee System), Violent Crime

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Kggiradio.com

Expres... - Charles Wright & The...

Charles Wright headed one of the great funk groups of the late '60s and early '70s, the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Bill Cosby

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Hattiesburg American

Awards recognize Mississippi's gospel artists

The Canton Spirituals took home three Jackie awards Sunday night at the 30th annual Mississippi Gospel Music Awards at the Jackson Marriott.

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Related Topix: Gospel, The Canton Spirituals, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Slam Sports

Freeman's got the blues

Actor Morgan Freeman is opening his second blues club in Mississippi. This one will be outside the Mississippi Delta.

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Related Topix: Pearl River, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Memphis, TN Metro, Travel

Thu Jul 10, 2008

MLive.com

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The blues fanatics of the Kalamazoo Valley Blues Association have been sure to pack the blues fest with the vets, the big names and the obscure-but-deserving-attention for the past 15 years.

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Related Topix: Rock-N-Roll, More, Frank Frost, Blues, Stevie Ray Vaughan

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Daily Journal of Commerce

MDOT gets OK on Route 6 project

The Mississippi Department of Transportation received approval from the Federal Highway Administration for an environmental assessment for the state Route 6 improvement project in Coahoma, Quitman and Panola ...

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Related Topix: Batesville, MS

Fri Jul 04, 2008

The Globe and Mail

A young musician, a brand of old soul

Classic soul music, despite its earthy roots in arduously tended crop fields and lawdy-lawdy Pentecostal churches, and despite its often heart-crushing emotion, is, above anything else, pop music.

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Related Topix: Soul, The Isley Brothers

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