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<\/a>Featuring over a dozen powerhouse women, it is free to the public.\u00a0In a genre once defined by the great blues divas, women are now a small percentage of the musicians on stage. But their voices are vital to both continuing the tradition and writing the blues anew in their own image.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Festival founder Colleen Buyers<\/strong> said, \u201cThis festival is about to be powerful, and unlike any other.\u00a0Bring your girlfriends, bring your daughters, bring the whole family.\u00a0It\u2019s inspiring for both girls\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>boys to see strong women onstage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n As musician Lala Craig <\/strong>describes her favorite compliments after performing: \u201cwhen a young woman says to me, you\u2019re what I want to be when I grow up\u2019\u2014that gives me chills \u2026 And my absolute favorite is when an older woman says, I had a dream that I quit pursuing\u2014and now that I see you, it makes me want to pursue it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The team organizing the festival includes renowned blues musician Libby Rae<\/strong> Watson<\/strong>, Ground Zero Blues Club<\/strong> booking manager Tameal Edwards<\/strong> and Shared Experiences <\/strong>founder Colleen Buyers.\u00a0 Shared Experiences\u2019 Live From Clarksdale<\/strong> project has produced over 400 live broadcasts, which still reach people in over 30 countries across all 6 continents each week.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Artists at the festival\u00a0include: Libby Rae Watson, Lady Australia “Honeybee” Jones Neal, Lady Trucker, Miss Gladys with Big T, Queen Iretta & Johnie B. Sanders, Edna Nicole, Lala Craig, Heather Crosse in Heavy Suga and the Sweet Tones, Ghalia Volt, Prayer Bailey with Lightnin’ Malcolm, Shy & Bill Howl-n-Madd Perry, Alabama Blues Queen DieDra Ruff, and Anissa Bigg Sexy Hampton<\/strong>\u2014all together on ONE stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There will be a VIP Party on Thursday, May 12, followed by a Women’s Jam Night <\/strong>at Ground Zero Blues Club. On Friday, May 13 (4\u20138 pm) and Saturday, May 14\u00a0(noon\u20138 pm), all performances will be outdoors (weather permitting) and free to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WHAT:<\/strong>\u00a0Women In Blues by David Rodwin The inaugural Women in Blues Festival launches May 13\u201314 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Featuring over a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":119671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3220],"tags":[3470,21417,940,7491,15016,3897,21421,21419,21418,21415,21416],"class_list":["post-119669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-delta-2","tag-clarksdale","tag-colleen-buyers","tag-festival","tag-ground-zero-blues-club","tag-lala-craig","tag-libby-rae-watson","tag-live-from-clarksdale","tag-shared-experiences","tag-tamael-edwards","tag-women-in-blues","tag-women-in-blues-festival"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Women-in-Blue.jpg?fit=750%2C422&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
WHEN:\u00a0<\/strong>May 13-14\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>May 13 (4-8pm) & May 14 (12-pm-8pm).
WHERE<\/strong>:\u00a0121 Delta Avenue, Clarksdale, MS\u00a0 38614
HOW MUCH:<\/strong>\u00a0FREE
VIP Party Tix: <\/strong>https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/WIB-VIP-Party<\/a>
MORE INFO:<\/strong> www.WomenInBlues.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"