The presentation also will include highlights from past International Conference on the Blues events and from B.B. We thank the National Park Service for their continued support as we expand global understanding and appreciation of Mississippi Delta culture through music.”ĭelta State’s virtual presentation will feature a Blues and gospel performance from Delta State alum (Delta Music Institute, College of Business) Keith “Prince of the Delta Blues” Johnson, great-nephew of Blues legend Muddy Waters. Also, this year’s online presentation is an outcome of DSU’s Delta Delegation to Brazil partnership project started in November 2019. “The 20 conferences will continue the Spirit of the Blues theme established in 2018. Rolando Herts, director of The Delta Center and executive director of the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area. “We anticipate that the Spirit of the Blues theme and the online festival will engage diverse audiences and expand the conference’s international footprint,” said Dr. Shelley Collins, professor of music and conference co-chair.ĭelta State’s virtual presentation is being supported in part by a grant from the National Park Service’s Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative to lift the theme “Spirit of the Blues: Celebrating Roots of Delta Music Through Spirituals and Gospel.” Due to COVID-19, the grant has been expanded to support the online presentation this year, as well as the 8th annual conference in October 2021, which is scheduled to be in-person. “We are thrilled about this international partnership, especially since it unites the extraordinary Afro-Brazilian music tradition with the African American Blues tradition,” said Dr.
The festival will include performances from seven international locales including Holland, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Brazil.
The online festival will be broadcast on MDBF Brazil’s official website: Delta State’s participation in the virtual festival this year will serve as the 7th installment of the International Conference on the Blues.
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The MDBF Brazil online festival will be free and accessible to the public. Delta State University’s 7th Annual International Conference on the Blues is going virtual this month with a Brazilian beat.ĭelta State, through The Delta Center for Culture and Learning and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been invited to participate in the Mississippi Delta Blues Festival (MDBF) Brazil Online Edition scheduled for Friday, November 20 – Sunday, November 22, 2020.
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