Delta Deep Roots A “Music City” in the Delta There’s a great regional magazine called Country Roads that has been in publication for the last 40 years, doing ‘cultural reporting from the Mississippi Delta to the Louisiana Coast.’ Great writings, event listings, recipes for foodies, music reviews, and more. We’re really excited that they featured Cleveland and Deep Roots in their upcoming Music issue! Big shout out to Mimi Greenwood Wright who wrote the story…she NAILED it! For your reading pleasure…click the link below to read the article…ENJOY! A “Music City” in the Delta The post A “Music C ..read more

Delta Deep Roots Deep Roots Announces 2022 Winter/Spring Series Big Front Porch Productions, in partnership with The City of Cleveland, will present a winter/spring series of four monthly Deep Roots music shows inside the historic Ellis Theatre at the Delta Arts Alliance located at 104 Court St. in Cleveland.  The 2022 Deep Roots Winter/Spring Series will feature regional Americana and blues music favorites representing the best in roots music. The roots music series will kick off on Friday, January 28 with blues artist Mark “Muleman” Massey. While doing time at Parchman prison, Massey le ..read more

Delta Deep Roots Mississippi Marshall – A Lifetime of Music Mississippi Marshall – A Lifetime of Music by Faith Strong (reprinted with permission from The Bolivar Bullet) Music and the Delta. The two words are synonymous with each other. So is Mississippi Marshall and the sound of the Blues, even though he plays all types of music. Marshall Hopper, or “Mississippi Marshall” as he is known on stage, has been in love with music since he was a young boy. He was raised in Bolivar County, but lives in Tallahatchie County today. The moniker “Mississippi Marshall” was actually given to him when he wa ..read more

Delta Deep Roots Bringing Deep Roots To Life Bringing Deep Roots To Life Credit to those who work behind the scenes By Faith Strong – The Bolivar Bullet The Deep Roots music project brings live performances to Cleveland and offers some of the best artists around showcasing their talents. Bringing it to life is no small task. Tricia Walker is the developer/manager of the Deep Roots Music initiative in Cleveland. Walker said that Deep Roots was a local music initiative designed to help strengthen and increase the quality of life in the Cleveland community through local roots music and our local ..read more

Delta Deep Roots The Music Tourism Convention Taps Cleveland, Mississippi Reprinted from Where Y’at? Magazine Emily Hingle – 4/26/23 When tourists are asked why they chose to visit New Orleans, music is often the answer or one of the answers. Our jazz is world-famous, and we have a vibrant live music scene that has every genre one can think of inviting listeners in every single night. Music tourism is a big business for New Orleans and for cities with their own wonderful music scenes. In order to discuss how to develop and encourage music tourism, visitor bureau representatives, museum staff ..read more

Delta Deep Roots Mississippi Songwriters Festival Comes To Cleveland The Mississippi Songwriters Festival, founded in 2010 and presented each year on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, is expanding their reach across the state, presenting their first satellite festival in Cleveland on June 16-17 at the Delta Arts Alliance. The Mississippi Songwriters Festival – Delta Region will feature hit songwriters Clay Mills, Bridgette Tatum, and Sean Gasaway along with 20+ local songwriters, performing original songs in an ‘in the round’ setting at the historic Ellis Theatre. All festival performances are free ..read more

Delta Deep Roots Outstanding New Artists Added To Deep Roots Roster By Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet Deep Roots, Cleveland’s live local music initiative, began its twelve-week winter series on January 16 with the addition of three new performers to their artist roster, according to founder, Tricia Walker. This latest series will continue through early March, presenting live music in local, Cleveland venues five nights a week. “We’re very pleased to have these three new outstanding artists on board with us,” said Walker. “Plus, we’re using Delta State audio tech students to staff what we’re doi ..read more

Delta Deep Roots The GranBoiz Band The GranBoiz Band – A group that can rock, rap, sing the Blues or country-it-up with the best of them! By Angela Rogalski – The Bolivar Bullet Marcus Payne, his brother Lewon Payne, and cousin Cory Latchison are the GranBoiz Band and have been playing live music together for over 17 years. “My brother and I began our musical journey in church,” said Marcus Payne. “My cousin Cory began in church too, but while we’re from Renova, he’s from Flint, Michigan. He came down here 17 years ago and decided to join the band, and we’ve been playing together ever sin ..read more

Delta Deep Roots Variety – Brother/Sister Musical Duo Deep Roots is proud to reprint this recent feature article from The Bolivar Bullet on one of our core roster members…Variety, the brother/sister duo of Eric Edwards and Shara White…enjoy! Brother/sister music duo can do it all by Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet Eric Edwards and Shara White make up the brother/sister duo of Variety, and the two Cleveland natives have traveled the country performing just about any song you could care to name–even a few of their own originals. “I’m a keyboardist,” said Edwards. “But, I program a lot of music on ..read more