Remembering Mississippi blues great Robert Belfour on his birthday

Remembering Mississippi hill country legend Robert Belfour with some performance footage and recordings. 

Get Robert Belfour's albums Pushin' My Luck and What's Wrong With You from Fat Possum right here.

Remembering Mississippi blues great Junior Kimbrough on his birthday

Raising a glass to legendary Mississippi bluesman and juke joint proprietor Junior Kimbrough on his birthday.

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Dust-to-Digital Watch Junior Kimbrough play at his jukejoint in Chulahoma

Happy Birthday R.L. Burnside!

Remembering Mississippi blues great R.L. Burnside on his birthday with a stellar performances from 1984 and 1978.

Whaddya mean you don't know Haran Griffin & The Explosions

Gospel Crusaders keyboardist Rev. Haran Griffin cut the deep funk burner "Movin' Much Too Fast" for Bama Records.

Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!

Remembering blues great Muddy Waters on his birthday with some 1941 recordings made by Alan Lomax and John Work.  

Happy Birthday Jessie Mae Hemphill

Remembering Como blues great Jessie Mae Hemphill with the 2002 documentary "Me and My Guitar"

Black Keys salute their blues inspirations on new Delta Kream album

The Black Keys' new album of blues covers, Delta Kream, is out May 14. Check the tracklist and a few original versions. 

Here's The Black Keys' Delta Kream tracklisting:

01. Crawling Kingsnake (John Lee Hooker cover)

02. Louise (Mississippi Fred McDowell cover)

03. Poor Boy A Long Way From Home (RL Burnside cover)

04. Stay All Night (Junior Kimbrough cover)

05. Going Down South (RL Burnside cover)

06. Coal Black Mattie (RL Burnside / Ranie Burnette cover)

07. Do the Romp (Junior Kimbrough cover)

08. Sad Days, Lonely Nights (Junior Kimbrough cover)

09. Walk with Me (Junior Kimbrough cover)

10. Mellow Peaches (Big Joe Williams cover)

11. Come On And Go With Me (Junior Kimbrough cover)

Watch Mississippi Fred McDowell, RL Burnside, John Lee Hooker and Junior Kimbrough show you how it's done...

Happy Birthday R.L. Burnside

Remembering blues great R.L. Burnside on his birthday with the 2002 documentary You See Me Laughin' 

R.I.P. Leo "Bud" Welch, 1938-2017

Mississippi bluesman Leo "Bud" Welch – who only found fame after turning 80 – died at home in Bruce Tuesday.