Artists Featured in The Mississippi: River of Song Television Series  

Part One: Americans Old and New

Chippewa Nation	Ojibwe powwow drum	Inger, Minnesota	
Skålclub Spelmanslag	Scandinavian fiddle group	Brainerd, Minnesota	
Soul Asylum; Babes in Toyland	alternative rock	Minneapolis	
John Koerner and friends	American folk	Minneapolis	
Sounds of Blackness	African-American choir	Minneapolis	
Hmong qeej players	traditional reed instrument	St. Paul	
Karl Hartwich and the Country Dutchmen	German polka	Fountain City, Wisconsin	
Manny Lopez Quintet	jazz	Davenport, Iowa	
La Otra Mitad	Mexican dance music	Moline, Illinois	
Greg Brown	contemporary folk	Iowa City; Douds, Iowa	

Part Two: Midwestern Crossroads

John Hartford	American folk	Illinois/Iowa riverboat	
Bob Lewis Family	bluegrass	Hillsboro, Illinois	
St. Charles High School Band	marching band	St. Charles, Missouri	
Fontella Bass and Martha Bass	gospel	St. Louis	
Oliver Sain; James Family	blues, r&b	St. Louis	
Sunshine group and Eugene Redmond	African drum and poetry	East St. Louis, Illinois	
The Bottle Rockets	alternative country	Festus, Missouri	
Ste. Genevieve guignolée	French New Year’s revel	Ste. Genevieve, Missouri	

Part Three: Southern Fusion

Boundless Love Quartet	gospel	La Center, Kentucky	
Sonny Burgess	rockabilly	Swifton, Arkansas	
Rhyme games, drill team, stepping	music in the community	Memphis, Tennessee	
Rufus Thomas	soul	Memphis	
Memphis Horns and Ann Peebles	soul	Memphis	
Robert Lockwood, Jr.	Delta blues	Helena, Arkansas	
Levon Helm and James Cotton	blues	Helena	
Jack Johnson and the Jelly Roll Kings	blues	Clarksdale, Mississippi	
Johnnie Billington	blues in the schools	Clarksdale	
Little Milton	blues	Greenville	
Mississippi Mass Choir	gospel	Vicksburg; Jackson, Miss.	

Part Four: Louisiana, Where Music is King

Kenny Bill Stinson	country	Northern Louisiana	
Jimmie Davis and Merle Haggard	country	Northern Louisiana	
DL Menard and Christine Balfa	Cajun music	Erath, Louisiana	
Geno Delafose and French Rockin’ Boogie	zydeco	Oppelousas, Louisiana	
David and Roselyn; street musicians	New Orleans street music	New Orleans, Louisiana	
Soul Rebels; Treme Brass Band	brass band jazz	New Orleans	
Henry Butler; Eddie Bo	r&b	New Orleans	
Irma Thomas	r&b	New Orleans	
Irvan Perez	Canary Island ballads	Delacroix Island, Louisiana