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Date:<\/strong> 4\/9\/2015<\/span><\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> All-day event<\/span><\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> Ole Miss Campus<\/span><\/p>\n

Open to the Public<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The theme of the Blues Today Symoposium<\/strong> is \u201cNorth Mississippi Hill Country Blues<\/strong>,\u201d focusing on the region\u2019s distinctive blues sound.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2003, Living Blues<\/em><\/strong> magazine has sponsored the Blues Today Symposium each spring on the University of Mississippi<\/strong> campus. The Symposium has featured such keynote speakers as Paul Oliver<\/strong>, Samuel Charters<\/strong>, and Bill Ferris<\/strong> as well as intimate musical performances by Honeyboy Edwards<\/strong>, Little Milton<\/strong>, and B.B. King<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2015 Blues Today Symposium will be Thursday, April 9, 2015 at the University of Mississippi. The program\u2019s theme, \u201cNorth Mississippi Hill Country Blues,\u201d will focus on the region\u2019s distinctive blues sound and culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

David Evans<\/strong>, director of the ethnomusicology\/regional studies doctoral program of the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music<\/strong> at the University of Memphis<\/strong>, will deliver the keynote address. Evans is a specialist in American folk and popular music, particularly blues, spirituals, gospel, and African American folk music. He is the author of Tommy Johnson<\/strong> (1971), Big Road Blues: Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues<\/strong> (1982) and The NPR Curious Listener\u2019s Guide to the Blues<\/strong> (2005). Evans has also produced more than 30 albums and CDs of field and studio recordings of music for the University of Memphis\u2019s High Water Records<\/strong>. In 2003 he won a Grammy Award for \u201cBest Album Notes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

George W. K. Dor<\/strong>, holder of the McDonnell-Barksdale Chair of Ethnomusicology and associate professor of music at the University of Mississippi, will lead a discussion on drums in the North Mississippi region. The University Press of Mississippi<\/strong> published Dor\u2019s most recent book, West African Drumming and Dance in North American Universities: An Ethnomusicological Perspective<\/em><\/strong>, in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, filmmakers Joe York<\/strong> and Scott Barretta<\/strong> will preview portions of their upcoming documentary feature film on Como, Mississippi<\/strong>\u2019s legendary blues artist Fred McDowell<\/strong>. The duo will also discuss the process of documentary filmmaking. Earlier, Greg Johnson<\/strong>, curator for the Blues Archive<\/strong> in the Department of Archives and Special Collections<\/strong> at the University of Mississippi, will highlight holdings in the archive, featuring numerous North Mississippi blues musicians.<\/span><\/p>\n

The symposium coincides with Clarksdale, Mississippi<\/strong>\u2019s annual Juke Joint Festival<\/strong> (April 10\u00ad\u201312) providing attendees an opportunity to see and hear dozens of musicians from the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sponsored by: Living Blues<\/em> Magazine and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

All presentations except for Thacker Mountain Radio<\/strong> <\/em>will occur in the Faulkner Room<\/strong> of the\u00a0Department of Archives and Special Collections on the third floor of the J. D. Williams Library<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information, visit\u00a0livingblues.com<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

9 am – \u201cArchiving the North Mississippi Blues\u201d (Greg Johnson)<\/span><\/p>\n

10 am – Study the South <\/em><\/strong>paper presentation: \u201cThe Lynching Blues: Robert Johnson\u2019s \u2018Hellhound on My Trail\u2019 as Anti-Lynching Performance\u201d (Karlos K. Hill)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

11 am – \u201cExploring Africanisms in Otha Tuner\u2019s Fife and Band Music as Recorded by Alan Lomax\u201d (George W. K. Dor)<\/span><\/p>\n

12 pm – Lunch on your own<\/span><\/p>\n

1 pm – Keynote Lecture (David Evans)<\/span><\/p>\n

2:15 pm – A Conversation with Malaco Recording Artist Sam Mosely<\/span><\/p>\n

3 pm – \u201cDocumenting the Life of Mississippi Fred McDowell\u201d – Discussion and Preview with Filmmakers (Joe York and Scott Barretta)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4 pm – \u201cContemporary Hill Country Blues Culture\u201d (Alice Pierotti<\/strong>)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

6 pm – Thacker Mountain Radio <\/em>program<\/a>\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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