The early days of country music didn't exactly come with glamorous recording studios. For Jimmie Rodgers, his first recordings happened in a much more unexpected setting: a temporary studio in Bristol ...
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - America’s longest-running music festival wrapped up its 73 rd year Saturday evening in downtown Meridian. The Jimmie Rodgers Festival, a celebration of Mississippi’s rich ...
On this day (July 16) in 1930, Jimmie Rodgers recorded “Blue Yodel #9 (Standing on the Corner).” The recording features influential jazz musician Louis Armstrong on trumpet. However, he was not ...
The author expresses a preference for traditional country music, noting a lack of its characteristic "nasal twang" in modern broadcasts. Mississippi is highlighted as the birthplace of country music, ...