What a pedigree Cedric Burnside has. The son of celebrated blues drummer Calvin Jackson and grandson of blues-guitar legend R.L. Burnside, this American drummer/guitarist/vocalist perpetuates the ...

Geography has always been important to music. Especially before advances in transportation and communication, communities developed specific local styles of music, much like accents and dialects. But ...

Legendary bluesman R. L. Burnside, whose new CD “Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down" (Fat Possum/Epitaph) has earned critical raves since its release last month, will bring his signature North ...

Apr. 12—RIPLEY — Cedric Burnside, torchbearer of the Northeast Mississippi hill country blues, won "Best Traditional Blues Album" at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards for his 2021 album "I Be Trying." ...

Mississippi hill country blues is a style of music that has been kept alive on front porches and in bars across the southern United States. Musician Cedric Burnside is preserving what his famed ...

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 ...

The music Cedric Burnside plays is expressive, sexy, real and almost dead. Burnside has been a working bluesman since before he was old enough to obtain a driver's license. He started out drumming for ...

After a shaky start, the House of Blues has evolved into the premier club in Los Angeles for high-profile pop acts, a satisfying showcase for everything from country and rock to hip-hop. If ...

Growing up poor in Mississippi, Cedric Burnside didn't have running water. It's a fact he highlights in the first song on his Grammy-nominated album, Benton County Relic. In the upbeat, soulful song, ...

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...

Burnside’s I Be Trying won a Grammy in 2022 for Best Traditional Blues Album. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Carver Community Cultural Center Grammy-winning blues musician Cedric Burnside — known for mixing ...