A Safe Harbor
By JIM BEAUGEZ Jason Hoeksema and Delta Wind Birds work to create Delta habitat for dwindling numbers of migrating shorebirds Thousands of feet above the Mississippi Delta, the region’s proliferation of oxbow lakes, catfish ponds, and bayous shimmer in the sunlight. To the human eye, it can appear as if a map were […]
String Theory
BY JIM BEAUGEZ Greenville’s Delta String Band resurrects forgotten old-time Americana and Mississippi fiddle tunes on their debut, Songs of Late Vol. 1 Musicians tend to leave a trail of clues from the songs they play to the music and artists who inspired them. Lyrical turns of phrase or vocal inflections, musical patterns […]