No Mississippi Allstars

The North Mississippi Allstars emerged two decades ago as free-spirited inheritors of hill country blues, helping broaden the reach of the time-tested juke joint repertoire of R.L. Burnside, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Junior Kimbrough to a younger jam-band crowd. The two constants in the Allstars lineup—brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson—were quick to experiment and collaborate, a tendency that landed each of them in a slew of other groups.

North Mississippi Allstars - Prayer for Peace (2017) {Songs Of The South Records 88985423992} (Complete Artwork)
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Rock / Blues Rock / American Trad Rock / Americana

The North Mississippi Allstars celebrate their 20th anniversary (21st, actually) by going all the way back to their roots. Prayer for Peace is a set comprised mostly of blues and folk covers played by Luther & Cody Dickinson assisted by a cast of friends and longstanding collaborators. While five tracks were tracked at Grand Royal Studios in Memphis with co-producer Boo Mitchell, the remainder of the 11 tunes were cut all over the country with a host of guest musicians.

North Mississippi Allstars - World Boogie Is Coming (2013) {Songs of the South Records SOTS-014}
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Rock / Blues / Blues Rock / Southern Rock / Roots Rock / Americana

Although they have mixed elements of hip-hop and alternative rock into their repertoire, the North Mississippi Allstars are really at their best when they blow out the rust on the kind of Mississippi folk-blues numbers they learned firsthand from the likes of R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Othar Turner. Essentially a swampy, rootsy power blues duo comprised of brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar, slide guitar, vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums), the sons of legendary Memphis producer and musician Jim Dickinson, the Allstars have always had one foot in the traditional cane and drum bands of North Mississippi, another in the electric modal drone version of the blues practiced at local juke joints and house parties, and yet another in the grand rock power stomp style of Led Zeppelin.

You can’t miss Ghalia. She’s the natural-born rock star with the leather jacket and wicked grin, leaning from her album sleeve to offer you a hit on her hip flask. But the real Southern blend ain’t in the bottle, it’s on the songs. Following the New Orleans flavours of her 2017 breakthrough, Let The Demons Out, this year sees the acclaimed Brussels-born singer-songwriter dive deeper into the American South, recording in the hill country of Mississippi, where she shared her songs with a cast of esteemed local musicians and caught the flying sparks. This is Mississippi Blend: an album as fiery and throat-burning as Delta moonshine.