Junior Kimbrough News

Kenny Malone, the common-law son of North Mississippi Hill Country blues great Junior Kimbrough , has filed suit against Fat Possum Records, label President and co-founder Matthew Johnson, and several other ...

Though it currently has a population of just about 1,300, Como, Miss., holds a large place in music history.

Though it currently has a population of just about 1,300, Como, Miss., holds a large place in music history.

File this one under "give the people what they want." Frequent reader and commenter Seven Days, left the following comment recently, "Would love to see you do a piece on Junior Kimbrough someday too." DVDs @ ...

JJ Grey's fourth album, "Orange Blossoms" is his most soulful. JJ Grey and Mofro perform Wednesday, Sept.

THE MOANERS 9 p.m., White Water Tavern. $5. There's an open letter on the website of the Moaners ' record label, Yep Roc, where the Chapel Hill indie-rock duo spend a lot of time reflecting on their time in ...

Today is the Birthday of a couple of prominant blues men. Up first is Junior Kimbrough, who was born on this day back in 1930.

Kenny Brown learned at the knee of Joe Callicott and became R.L. Burnside's right hand as a teenager.

Today at noon the music of the late 'hill country' bluesmen Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside will be celebrated at a Mississippi Blues Trail marker unveiling in downtown Holly Springs.

A new Mississippi Blues Trail marker will be unveiled Thursday in Holly Springs honoring Hill Country bluesmen Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside.

For a couple of white dudes that record in basements, the Black Keys prove their mettle.

Filtering the blues through white middle-class teen angst has been a time-honored and artistically fruitful rock 'n' roll strategy that goes back as far as the Stones and the Yardbirds.

It's been awhile since Fat Possum was the hippest indie label in the South, releasing vibrant discs by overlooked blues greats like R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, soul hero Solomon Burke and cutting-edge ...

“Mister Junior, you don't have to rape me. Cause I love you.”

She pounded on the car window, desperately begging for her life. "Mister, will you get me home? That man got a knife. via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

When: 10 p.m. Friday. Where: Martin's, 214 S. State St., Jackson. Cost: Call for cover. via The Clarion-Ledger

“A lot of my friends said, 'What are you doing? They still lynch black people down there!' ”

The members of Afrissippi : Justin Showah, Eric Deaton, Kinney Kimbrough, and Guelel Kumba. via The Boston Globe

HILL COUNTRY REVUE 9 p.m., Sticky Fingerz. $10 adv./$12 d.o.s. In the tradition of foothill stomp tunes authenticated by the late Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside comes Hill Country Revue , composed of North ... via Arkansas Times

Words & Images by: Aaron Lafont North Mississippi Allstars/Alvin Youngblood Hart :: 02.22.08 :: Tipitina's :: New Orleans, LA Luther & Cody Dickinson :: 02.22 :: NOLA On their latest trip down the Freedom ... via JamBase

“Whenever I'm at home, I'm in the studio”

Somewhere along the line, the guitarist from the North Mississippi Allstars became an all-star guitarist from North Mississippi. via GAM

“We just come up with them at sound check and we just record them on our phone usually and whenever I get a moment, I put 'em together.”

GRITTY, DIRT BAND: North Mississippi Allstars Grind up some North Mississippi hill country roots. via Creative Loafing