Nitta Yuma
By KATIE TIMS Courage and perseverance have kept this historic Delta home in the family for two hundred years Highway 61 has plowed its way through fields, towns, what used to be yards, and whatever was in its rambling path from Memphis to Vicksburg. But at Nitta Yuma, a little baby girl turned […]
Tutwiler Quilters
By SARAH FOWLER • Photography by RORY DOYLE Created to give area women a way to make their own money, Tutwiler Quilters has survived thirty years, one stitch at a time Stitch by stitch, the women of the Tutwiler Quilters weave their legacy into quilts that will find homes across the country, a piece […]
Bronwynne Brent Breaks Out
By JIM BEAUGEZ Brooklyn’s historic Daptone puts soul in her step on latest album, ‘Undercover’ Greenville, Mississippi native Bronwynne Brent has recorded at the legendary Daptone studio in New York, performed on BBC television and radio, and was named Female Performer of the Year by Americana UK twice. Not bad for an artist […]
Dirtroad Inspiration
By KAREN FOCHT Shaped by a love of nature, family, and a few trips around the globe, Memphis artist Betsy Brackin Burch’s landscapes explore expressionistic style. “Ever since I was a child, nature has always been my main source of inspiration,” explains Memphis artist Betsy Brackin Burch. Raised in West Memphis, […]
Delta Aces and Flying Wonders of Mississippi
By HANK BURDINE There are a lot of noted pilots from Mississippi and especially the Delta, but a few stand out above all others. My introduction to the zaniness of Delta pilots came at the hands of one of the best of the best, Joe Call, J-3 Cub flying wizard, top flight […]
Stored, Stacked and Streamlined
EDITOR’S NOTE: Featured last year in our January/February 2020 issue, these tips are worth resharing to assure an organized 2021! Memphis duo gives tips for organizing the after-holiday chaos and a checklist to kick off the New Year The best business ideas almost always involve solving a problem. And better yet, some of them are […]
Form & Function
by KATIE TIMS • Photography by LOGAN KIRKLAND Uniquely beautiful, Spence Helms’ custom knives are made to hold an edge A fine line separates art form from function, and that’s precisely where Spence Helms hones his craft. With twenty-four years of bladesmithing to his credit, this Mississippian transformed a passing fancy into an all-consuming […]
The Citizen Soldier
By KATIE TIMS • Photography by RORY DOYLE Remembering the end of World War II and the stories we must never forget Seventy-five years ago, World War II ended. It was really over! The soldiers came home to rejoin families, find jobs, go to school, get married, have children, live life. […]
Taking the Long Cut
By JIM BEAUGEZ • Photography by RORY DOYLE Steve Azar’s My Mississippi Reunion traces his artistic—and literal—journey home Americana singer-songwriter Steve Azar’s long road home from Nashville wound through music venues across the US, down interstate highways and under big-city lights, for two decades. But it began before he ever […]
From Student to Teacher
By SUSAN MARQUEZ • Photography by RORY DOYLE Inspired by her love of beauty and masterful teachers, Allyson Hardy’s abstract works have come full circle, layered with deep colors and mixed materials Allyson Hardy always loved beautiful things. “I got that from my mother,” she says. “My mom loved and appreciated beautiful things, […]