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Shared Experiences explores the spaces that connect us --
through writing, images, film and song.
The Mississippi Delta gets a bad rap.
As Clarksdale's former mayor and Ground Zero co-founder Bill Luckett says,
"You're in the poorest part of the poorest state in the country -- but we are very rich in many ways."
We combine Silicon Valley-sleek storytelling with
listening to the people -- past and present -- who make this place so special.
We're working to change how the world sees the Delta.
Here's a sample of some stories we've told:
Blues on "The Farm:" a conversation the Parchman Band
"Every lyric is a true story." Here's a snippet of the Parchman Band's conversation about Blues on "The Farm" before they took the stage here. They spoke and sang of sin and addiction, faith and redemption, our past and future... and hope. Our stage was a scale used to weigh the harvest outside the historic Hopson commissary, where they harvested the first successfully mechanized cotton crop in 1944. It was our first Blues Country Harvest event, and the band's 5th time perfor
Why we honor a "Blues Country Harvest"
Clarksdale Press-Register, October 16, 2025 Celebrating harvest October is a month of harvest festivals across the country. It seems we celebrate the harvest everywhere except here -- where we're busy harvesting. As we planned this first, small "Harvest Party" some locals scoffed at the timing. Farmers are too busy on their combines and cotton pickers to come, they said! Yet farm families need something to do, while their breadwinners work long days in the field. They part
Blues on the Farm launches at the Biscuit Warm-Up
Thanks to the Clarksdale Press-Register for covering our launch -- and the first day of our King Biscuit Warm-Up Live From Clarksdale! Zoom in or get a copy of the Press-Register to read the whole story:
The Parchman Band live in Clarksdale
The Parchman Band is back together. This was their second show in public, as moving and joyful as you can imagine. They sang Mississippi...
King Biscuit blues #behindthescenes
Hooray for neighbors! Look who came to town. Helena's leaders are building bridges here. We're all working together to help the King...
Our love letter to Mississippi
A Valentine to our home state: Dear Mississippi, you lovable goof, Our relationship status has been Complicated, like you. Nobody makes...
Mississippi Delta cotton harvest: tour behind the scenes
Buying cotton today and want to know where it comes from? A plant! Most American cotton is grown on family farms. Scroll to virtually...
Kermit, Jim Henson & the small-town Rainbow Connection in Leland, Mississippi
Leland Mississippi is one of the most inspiring places on earth. It looks like so many other small towns, with a cute if worn Main Street...
Jock Webb, Kingfish & Blues under 30
Jock Webb introduced Christone "KINGFISH" Ingram last night by pointing this out to everyone who fears the blues is dying: Everyone...
Super fans, live IN Clarksdale
Super fans! As everyone starts traveling again, it's been SO GOOD to meet people who've been watching #LiveFromClarksdale all year. Meet...
The Greatest Of All Time
Where else can you start a day with rockstars like Jimbo Mathus & Cedric Burnside encouraging you to buy a goat (for a good cause: Heifer...
Muddy Waters & Martin Luther King's Blues
Martin Luther King & Muddy Waters' journeys from the Mississippi Delta intersected in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial in May, 1968....
Virtual stroll: Clarksdale's winter wonderland
We went walking in the winter wonderland that was Clarksdale, Mississippi this morning! For those who missed it, here's a virtual stroll...
A new year, still Live From Clarksdale
Who knew Live From Clarksdale would live til 2021? Not us! We thought this thing would help keep musicians on their feet for a few...
Where Ben's Gone
Yesterday Ben Wiley Payton was late for our gig. Ben isn't usually late. So many bluesmen are. So much so, that this wasn't the first...
Thanks-giving: Harvest in Mississippi
As we scramble into our kitchens, big THANKS to the farmers scrambling to finish their harvest -- and all American farmers who put food...
The First Black Sheriff of Coahoma County: John Milton Brown
Guest post by Dr. Bill Sutton Bill Sutton has been leading Habitat for Humanity trips to Clarksdale and Coahoma County with groups of...
Mississippi Delta farm tour: Crops 101
Hey you. Yeah YOU with the #wanderlust. Stop #Instatraveling and start LIVING! The backroads await. Harvest has begun, and the landscape...
The Newest Dollar General in America: an illustrated guide
Meet the newest Dollar General in America! If you traveled cross-country, or just noticed them springing up in your hometown, and wonder...
The flag you hang on your front door
What’s this “Stennis flag” all about? Proud Mississippian Sanford Johnson broke it down for us. He explains, “Your state flag is pretty...
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