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This year marked the return of the highly popular Bogalusa Blues and Heritage Festival at Cassidy Park in Bogalusa, Louisiana, an event that The Southland Music has enjoyed attending since 2014. After two years of the pandemic, it was nice to reacquaint with one of our favorite events that we have written several articles about and published numerous photos since we began attending the festival. This year’s Friday evening schedule…
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< Previous Page Chapel HartChapel Hart, the country music powerhouse vocal trio from Poplarville, MS features sisters Danica Hart and Devynn Hart, and their cousin Trea Swindle. The trio has independently released two studio albums and seven singles. In July 2022, Chapel Hart gained national attention on the popular television show, America’s Got Talent. We first enjoyed seeing Chapel Hart a few years ago at the Mississippi Songwriters’ Songs &…
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by Johnny Cole Photos by Stephen Anderson Additional editing by Brenda Germany The Southland Music Line continues our Mississippi Blues Trail Series at the marker recognizing the Edwards Hotel at 235 Capitol Street in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. One of Jackson’s historically most famous hotels is also the site of performances by legendary music artists and several early blues and gospel recordings. The location of this hotel has a long history…
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by Johnny Cole Photos by Stephen Anderson Additional editing by Brenda Germany The Southland Music Line continues our Mississippi Blues Trail Series at the marker recognizing the Alamo Theatre at 333 North Farish Street in Jackson, Mississippi. Prior to 1949, the theatre occupied two previous locations in the area, first at 134 North Farish Street in 1915 and later at 123 West Amite Street, just off Farish, in the 1920s.…
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One of the most memorable things about this year’s Mississippi Songwriters Festival was the arrival of some very talented singer-songwriters from Sweden. The 2022 Festival will be remembered as the year “When Sweden Came to the Mississippi Songwriters Festival”. Prior to this year’s festival a group of songwriters from Mississippi traveled to Sweden to participate in the very first Mississippi/Sweden Songwriter Exchange program. Drew Young from New Orleans, now living…
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On the dates of Thursday, September 15 through Sunday, September 18, 2022, The Mississippi Songwriters Festival returned to the Gulf Coast for its 13th exciting year with songwriters from Mississippi, “The Birthplace of America’s Music”, Nashville “The Capital of Country Music”, across America, and as far away as Sweden. The festival is recognized for attracting accomplished songwriters from all over the world, yet never turning away anyone who is just…
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< Previous Page Steve Eriksson, Hilma & Izak Danielsson Kihlstrom at Grand Finale Hilma at Grand Finale Izak Danielsson Kihlstrom at Grand Finale Amy Lott at Grand Finale Double Dee (Darwin & Dana Nelson)Amy Lott & Bo Roberts at Grand Finale Bo Roberts, Amy Lott & Double Deeat Grand Finale Bob Regan at Grand Finale “Operation Song” empowers veterans, active-duty militarymembers and their families to tell their stories thoughthe process…
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On Saturday, September 17, 2022, the Mississippi Songwriters Festival held its annual Reggie Bates Memorial Scholarship Night. An event named for one of the co-founders of the Mississippi Songwriters Alliance who was posthumously inducted into the Mississippi Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020. Bates (born in Temple, Texas; growing up in Ardmore, Oklahoma) had a 43 year career in radio broadcasting and was a gifted songwriter with a deep love…
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On Friday, September 16, 2022, the Mississippi Songwriters Festival honored Joe Gilchrist, the longtime co-owner of the legendary Flora-Bama and the man whose love of music is credited as the driving force behind the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival. The 80 year old Gilchrist died earlier this year on May 25. Gilchrist shared many tales of his career in “Bushwacked at the Flora-Bama,” a book published in 2012 by author…
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An Article by Johnny Cole Photos by Stephen Anderson Additional Editing by Brenda Germany On Thursday, September 15, 2022, the Mississippi Songwriters Hall of Fame held their annual induction ceremony at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center in Ocean Springs, MS for the 2022 honorees, which included Bobbie Gentry, Clay Mills, Conway Twitty, Hank Cochran, Robert Johnson and this year’s Contributors Award Recipient, Tommy Crawford. This fine class of…
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