"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

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

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 is back together. This was their second show in public, as moving and joyful as you can imagine. They sang Mississippi...

Hooray for neighbors! Look who came to town. Helena's leaders are building bridges here. We're all working together to help the King...

By Lyndsi Naron Colleen Buyers, Founder of Shared Experiences in Clarksdale, is changing the way the world looks at the agriculture industry. Raised in both San Francisco, CA and Vancouver, BC, Buyers loves to travel and had seen all fifty states by the time she was thirty. Buyers attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, for both her undergraduate degrees (Psychology and Science Studies) as well as her graduate degree. She focused her graduate research studie

Happy St. Patty's Day to these future farmers and everyone who makes our world a little more green! These Future Farmers of America just gathered at the Arkansas Women in Agriculture conference to learn from other inspiring leaders -- like Arkansas FFA Foundation head Jennifer Cook and Representative DeAnn Vaught. Rep. Vaught is the first chairwoman of the state's Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development committee, and a farmer herself. Over 1/3 of American farmers are wo

A Valentine to our home state: Dear Mississippi, you lovable goof, Our relationship status has been Complicated, like you. Nobody makes...

I see fields of green...in December?! Yes: that's 'winter wheat' beside a former cotton gin. It's sown in fall for an early summer harvest. Its first 'vegetative' phase is hardy through frost, and actually needs cold temperatures to trigger the reproductive phase that produces the wheat that feeds us. This 'vernalization' of fall growth, winter hibernation, then spring flowering is an inspiring metaphor for us humans! You may see more of it throughout the Delta as prices impr

Buying cotton today and want to know where it comes from? A plant! Most American cotton is grown on family farms. Scroll to virtually...

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...

Meet the official #neshobacountyfair Prettiest Cow and her owner: that's 5-year-old Buzz Lightyear in braids "Taking Dairy to Infinity and Beyond!" Yes, the Pretty Cow Contest is a real thing, and if there's ever one at your local #countyfair... GO! Scroll to see two more #girlsonfire: That's Miss Neshoba County 2021 Abby Seale conferring during the judging. She's a @MSState student who's both a President's List Scholar AND Miss Congeniality. Literally. #prettybadass As the

Jock Webb introduced Christone "KINGFISH" Ingram last night by pointing this out to everyone who fears the blues is dying: Everyone...

Super fans! As everyone starts traveling again, it's been SO GOOD to meet people who've been watching #LiveFromClarksdale all year. Meet...

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...

Martin Luther King & Muddy Waters' journeys from the Mississippi Delta intersected in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial in May, 1968....

We went walking in the winter wonderland that was Clarksdale, Mississippi this morning! For those who missed it, here's a virtual stroll...

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...

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...

As we scramble into our kitchens, big THANKS to the farmers scrambling to finish their harvest -- and all American farmers who put food...

Guest post by Dr. Bill Sutton Bill Sutton has been leading Habitat for Humanity trips to Clarksdale and Coahoma County with groups of...

Hey you. Yeah YOU with the #wanderlust. Stop #Instatraveling and start LIVING! The backroads await. Harvest has begun, and the landscape...

Meet the newest Dollar General in America! If you traveled cross-country, or just noticed them springing up in your hometown, and wonder...

What’s this “Stennis flag” all about? Proud Mississippian Sanford Johnson broke it down for us. He explains, “Your state flag is pretty...

These are the tracks that brought Muddy Waters and so many bluesmen from Clarksdale to Chicago, bringing the blues along with them. I...

John Mohead is the chef and owner of local legend Kathryn's on Moon Lake-- and an equally awesome songwriter who grew up playing with...

#LiveFromClarksdale: a virtual experience of our town, its music, and the stories behind it all. "The Crossroads" is a multi-layered...

I've been thinking a lot about the people who inspire us. Mr. Martin Tribble from the Old Time Farmer's Market is inspiring his...

A comforting thought as we prepare to go #LiveFromClarksdale tonight at the Bluesberry CAFE: Blueberry was foundational in starting Live...

TIL (today I learned) "smut" is an actual disease, rice bran comes from the milling process, and farm math is fun. Join us in learning...

Yom Kippur concludes the Days of Awe, of reflection and atonement. These high holy days coincided with the 100th anniversary of the...

2pm this Sunday is the dedication of the Elaine Massacre Memorial in Helena, AR. We’ll be there. There's a lot going on, but this feels...

Hey y’all, Colleen here. I created both Shared Experiences USA and Visit Clarksdale's VoiceMap tour to share our community’s voices; I’d...