For the next Song of the Day during Flood Month, we advance to 1937, another year of very high water along the Lower Mississippi. While the human tragedy didn't reach the levels of the flood ten years earlier, flood waters covered an area the size of Lake Superior, with communities along the Ohio River hit
It's April, which means the snow is finally melting and the spring rains will be soon be falling and folks along the Mississippi begin to wonder if it's time to start stockpiling sandbags. Mississippi River floods can be as dramatic as they are destructive, which is probably why floods are the most common theme in
I wasn't familiar with James Talley until I found this song, and I'm glad this song brought me to him. He has a gift for writing powerful but understated songs that he delivers with a soothing baritone voice. Mississippi River Whistle Town is a haunting song that sounds to me like it's about a river town
Johnny Cash: Mississippi Sand (1971). 'Nuff said.
TravelinSoul There are several songs called Mississippi River Blues and many variations of the older tune, as well. Today's Song of the Day is an original song released earlier this year by California-based Travelin' Soul. Listen to it here.
Chris Thomas King Earlier this week I posted my interview with Chris Thomas King, so it's only fair that the next Song of the Day be one of his. Flow Mississippi Flow is from Rise (2006), part of King's process of sorting through and making sense of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Listen to more
