Hot Topics in Oxford, Mississippi » Mississippi http://www.oxfordmississippi.com Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:21:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 An Evening with Rodney Crowell @ Off Square Books (1.20.11) http://www.oxfordmississippi.com/an-evening-with-rodney-crowell-off-square-books-1-20-11/ http://www.oxfordmississippi.com/an-evening-with-rodney-crowell-off-square-books-1-20-11/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:00:58 +0000 Daniel Morrow http://www.oxfordmississippi.com/?p=3265 Off Square Books will host An Evening with Rodney Crowell January 20, 2011, at 6 p.m. The event will be open and free to the public. Advance purchasers of Chinaberry Sidewalks will have access to reserved seating on a first come first serve basis.

Go to full details at squarebooks.com…

]]> http://www.oxfordmississippi.com/an-evening-with-rodney-crowell-off-square-books-1-20-11/feed/ 0 Play Blues Like RL and Junior (Kinda) http://www.oxfordmississippi.com/play-blues-like-rl-and-junior-kinda/ http://www.oxfordmississippi.com/play-blues-like-rl-and-junior-kinda/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:47:11 +0000 Peter http://www.oxfordmississippi.com/?p=152 One of several blessings I received during my tenure at Ole Miss, was the immersion into Mississippi hill country blues.

The good stuff.

Actually, make that, the great stuff.

Unrefined, gritty, beautiful, and full of life.

RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough were stewards in my introduction. And to this day, I can’t seem to shake my infatuation with their sound.

Sounds, like this:

Sounds that’d I’d love to try and emulate … only if I played an instrument. And I’m sad to say I don’t. (but that will change).

Until then, this new handy website will fill my void … Desktop Blues

Pick your lyrics, pick the beat, even turn the radio on for a background beat to play against.. Although it ain’t gonna turn us into RL or Junior, it at least brings us a little closer together : )

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