Going Down South:
Music and Cultural Production on the Mississippi River
SEPTEMBER聽10 鈥� 27, 2018
Christensen Center聽– Gallery 720
Artist Talk: Thursday,聽September聽27,聽5:30 – 7聽p.m. Christensen Center聽– Gallery 720
We often think of water as a resource, and the river as a tool that aids us in production and industry鈥撯�揵arges loaded with cargo traveling from the Great Lakes region to the Delta. But the Mississippi River has also proven to be one of our most potent sources of cultural production. Along its banks, through each state it touches, artists influenced by the river have created some of America鈥檚 most powerful and timeless music.