Delta Music Institute

We’re happy to report that the B. B. King concert tonight at the Bologna Performing Arts Center is SOLD OUT! That means that this blog will cover the event and give you all the inside scoop after the fact… The King of the Blues, born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, will turn 85 this [...]

Just a friendly invitation to view this wonderful website about the Mississippi Delta…”the most Southern place on earth.” Y’all come see us! www.visitthedelta.com

Pictured, L to R: Joanna Sabine, DMI Director Tricia Walker, Katie Gibson Delta State University students Katie Gibson of Summerdale, Ala., and Joanna Sabine of Columbia, were invited to participate as production assistants for the 4th Annual Mississippi Grammy™ Legacy Celebration recently held at the Hard Rock Live! venue in Biloxi. Gibson and Sabine are [...]

What happens when you go down to The Crossroads with five great musicians and a world-famous photographer? This happens. Read more: http://www.esquire.com/the-side/music/miss#ixzz0ixN3zGw2

From left, Tricia Walker, singer and songwriter and director of the Delta Music Institute (DMI), accompanies award winning singer-songwriter Patti Ryan, as Duff Durrough, bandleader for Thacker Mountain Radio’s house band, The Yalobushwhackers, provides musical backing. Ryan was performing one of the most successful country hits of all time, “Looking for Love,” which she co-wrote [...]

The Grammy U chapter of Delta State and the Delta Music Institute will host a student songwriter’s night on Thursday, March 4 at 7:00 pm at Hey, Joe’s in downtown Cleveland, MS. Writers performing on the showcase include Content Despair, Phillip Carter, Jordan Smith, Kristen Brassel, Stephen Chew, Aaron Taylor, Jeremiah Matthews, Joanna Sabine, Eric [...]

Award winning singer-songwriters George Jackson, Troy Jones and Patti Ryan will be the featured songwriters during the live broadcast of Thacker Mountain Radio as part of the Delta Music Institute (DMI) Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, March 6 at 3 p.m. in Studio A of the DMI in the historic Whitfield Building on the Delta State [...]