Saturday, July 3, 2010

The Shanty Cats

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Music, Munchies, Merriment and Monkey Business

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It was all music, munchies and monkey business at the first annual Soul Survivor's Festival in Ferriday this weekend. The festival celeb...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

Calling All Soul Survivors

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This weekend marks Ferriday's first Soul Survivors Blues Festival.  The Mississippi Blues Trail will be putting up a marker in Ferri...
Friday, April 30, 2010

The Night the Music Died in Natchez

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On this the 70th anniversary of the infamous Rhythm Club Fire, Chicago Public Radio has a story about the tragedy that brings it to lif...
Thursday, April 1, 2010

Anne Vidal's Wild Ride

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"What do you mean we're out of gas?" Anne Vidal's beehive wig smacked against the roof of the bus as she jumped up to t...
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Race Relations

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Before I moved back to Mississippi from Los Angeles, visits home were exhausting. It was impossible to se...
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Natchez Pilgrimage, 1939

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  For the past couple of weeks, a little-known short film about the Natchez Pilgrimage has gone viral among present and former Natc...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

Matters Familias ~~ Howard Pritchartt ~~ Adventures in World War II

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* Photo by Hannah Reel for The Natchez Democrat.  Republished with permission. With an article coming up in The Natchez Democrat as ...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Looking for Blossom

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This is one of Natchez's more recent characters. He's been walking around town for the last few years, going into people's ya...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

New Orleans Halloween

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Shantybellum found itself with a beautiful room way up high on the 7th floor of the Royal Sonesta Hotel in the New Orleans French Quarter fo...