The Delta Review-The Postmodern South

The Delta Review was founded in Greenville, Mississippi in 1966, and closed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1969. My blog The Frontline began as a hip-hop blog in 2008, but has grown far beyond the original intentions, and in 2019 has been relaunched as The Delta Review. We cover the postmodern South- blues, jazz, food, festivals, music history and culture. 

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2026-05-23 Singa B-Gravity-Exit 56 Blues Fest-West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center-Brownsville TN

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Singa Bromfield-Cadillac-Exit 56 Blues Fest-Brownsville TN-2026-05-23.

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Jake Dappa-Blues in A-Exit 56 Blues Festival-Brownsville, TN, 2026-05-23.

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Ra'Shad da Blues Kid performs the blues standard "Tin Pan Alley" at the Blues Off Broadway event in West Memphis, Arkansas, 2026-05-07.

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Ra'Shad da Blues Kid-I Hope You Love Me-West Memphis AR, 2026-05-07.

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Ra'Shad da Blues Kid-Let's Get On Down-West Memphis AR, 2026-0-507.

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Kickoff of this year's Blues Off Broadway in West Memphis, with Ra'shad da Blues Kid on stage, 2026-05-07.

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Cedric Burnside performing "If You See My Baby" with Garry Burnside on guitar and Kevin Spight on bass at the grand opening of the Grind City Amphitheatre in Memphis, 2026-04-25.

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Cedric Burnside performing "Please Tell Me Baby" with Garry Burnside on drums and Kevin Spight on bass at the grand opening of the Grind City Amphitheatre in Memphis, 2026-04-25.

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Cedric Burnside performing "Mellow Peaches" at the grand opening of the Grind City Amphitheatre in Memphis, 2026-04-25.

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Cedric Burnside performing at the grand opening of the Grind City Amphitheatre in Memphis last Saturday, 2026-04-25.

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Frank McLallen and the Extra Eyes perform "Memphis Ain't Nothing, Just Like Nashville" on stage at the Grind City Amphitheatre in Memphis, 2025-04-26.

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Frank McLallen performing "Hillside" with his band Extra Eyes at the Grind City Amphitheatre in Memphis, 2026-04-25. #GrindCityAmphitheatre #Memphis #Roots #AltFolk

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Memphis’ South Main District on a Friday Afternoon

On what was really the first warm Friday afternoon of the year in Memphis, I headed downtown to the South Main Arts District. Memphis gets a bum rap from journalists and politicians, but at least o…

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A Night of Hill Country and Cotton Patch Soul Blues in Olive Branch For the R. L. Burnside Museum

1836 Grill and Bar-B-Que is owned by some people from Ripley, Mississippi who had a bar there of the same name, and on February 15, 2026, it was the scene of a night of great Hill Country and Cotto…

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Robert Kimbrough Sr. performing with Buddy Rutherford on drums and Duwayne Burnside on bass at the R. L. Burnside Museum fundraiser at 1836 DeSoto in Olive Branch, Mississippi, 2026-02-15.

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Robert Kimbrough Sr. performs with Buddy Rutherford on drums and Duwayne Burnside on bass at 1836 DeSoto in Olive Branch, Mississippi for the R. L. Burnside Museum fundraiser, 2026-02-15.