With guitar in hand, legendary blues musician and folk artist Son Thomas sits in the front room of his Leland, Miss., home next to a “sculpted depiction” of a woman in a casket.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Photojournalist and Middle Tennessee State University alumnus Bill Steber takes a visual and interactive journey into the world of Delta blues with his newly installed exhibit on display through Dec. 9 at Baldwin Photographic Gallery on campus.
“Deep Roots: Evocations of the Mississippi Blues” features a collection of images, artifacts and mixed-media artwork from his 30-plus-year exploration and documentation of the Mississippi blues culture.
Musician Alvin Youngblood Hart and blues historian Scott Barretta will be on…