WoodSongs: Jimmy ‘Duck’ Holmes/ The Blues Sisters
JIMMY “DUCK” HOLMES is one of the most celebrated rural blues musicians performing today. He is the last living practitioner of the celebrated style of Bentonia blues made famous by Skip James and Jack Owens. In addition, Holmes operates what is arguably the oldest juke joint left in Mississippi and is the organizer of one of the longest-running festivals in the state – the Bentonia Blues Festival.
THE BLUE SISTERS are Ina Forsman (Finland), Layla Zoe (Canada), and Tasha Taylor (USA). Three of blues scene’s next-big-things that are showcasing in Ruf Records 2016 Blues Caravan in it’s 12th triumphant year.
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