Grant Britt

For the past 25 years, brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson have been relaying muddy-footed, shimmying missives from their Hernando, Mississippi, home as the North Mississippi Allstars. Their lineup has changed a bit over the years, with longtime bassist Chris Chew leaving in 2015 after nearly 20 years of service. But

Although it's a small drop-in on a wee spit of land, Louis Michot and Leyla McCalla's latest project, a five-song EP titled Tiny Island, makes a big splash. The Cajun fiddler and his Melody Makers — guitarist Mark Bingham, bassist Bryan Webre, and drummer Kirkland Middleton, with

EDITOR'S NOTE: As album releases slow down in December, we like to catch our breath and write about albums that came out earlier in the year that we didn't get a chance to review but we think are worthy of your attention. Stayed Prayed Up was

Since 1989, Joe Bell and his Stinging Blades have been pleasing and scaring the beejesus out of the great local unwashed masses with a blend of hellhound blues, old-school R&B, and deep dish soul. Bell is a whirling, twisted shaman who can yodel like Tarzan, howl like the

When Kentucky Headhunters singer-guitarist Richard Young first heard The Georgia Thunderbolts onstage, it jolted him right out of his tour bus. He ran to the stage to see what his band was going to have to do to outshine his opening act. “I kinda felt like I had uncovered a

If Eric Bibb were any cooler, he’d have to hang out in a refrigerator. Chilled out, blissed-out, and laid back, Bibb radiates mellow like the coils of a Frigidaire, spreading clouds of cool every time he opens his mouth. But the troubadour doesn’t aspire to the worship or