Duwayne Burnside plays as intensely as he talks. But, to the average person, his playing is a bit easier to understand than his Mississippi speech–or maybe not. His latest, Under Pressure,sure sounds ...

It is arguable that no contemporary blues artist carries as heavy a load of combined expectation anticipation as Mud Morganfield. As his surname suggests, he is the son of McKinley, aka Muddy Waters, ...

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The North Mississippi Allstars veer from their roots with their third release, a surprising direction given that guitarist Duwayne Burnside (son of R.L.) has joined the group. Even though it’s ...

NEW HAVEN — Duwayne Burnside, son of the late Mississippi hill country blues great R.L. Burnside, will perform a rare show on the intimate stage at Cafe Nine in New Haven on May 12. Burnside, a native ...

Blues legend Bobby Rush and other Mississippi blues musicians performed at the RiverBeat Music Festival in Memphis. Rush, 91, energized the crowd with his harmonica playing and classic blues songs.

Burnside's renditions of these durable songs are equally affectionate and unaffected. His singing cuts to the emotional core of the compositions, even as his dextrous guitar work articulates those ...

It’s in the soil as well as the blood: Duwayne Burnside will always be from the hill country of Mississippi. Channeling the spirit of his daddy, R.L. Burnside, as well as neighbors Mississippi Fred ...

As the pool of Mississippi bluesmen, so belatedly celebrated over the last 10 years, continues to shrink, it’s good to know that at least one true heir exists to forestall the curtain’s fall on their ...