The Kimbrough Cotton Patch Festival is 3 days of the best blues music being created these days. The lineup consists of those that have played with Junior Kimbrough, descendants of the North Mississippi founders of this music and those that are carrying the torch of this distinct form of music. Janky checked one off his […]
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Kimbrough Cotton Patch Festival
Janky is honored to be celebrating the life and legacy of the great Junior Kimbrough. Junior is one of Janky’s biggest influences and Robert Kimbrough Sr, one of his sons, is one of Janky’s great friends. Janky will be sharing this event with some of the greatest musicians alive today. Plan your trip to Holly […]
Janky & 1969s plays Lucerne behind Robert Kimbrough
Janky and his band The 1969s backed Robert Kimbrough Sr on his performance at Lucerne Blues Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. This event was a high-class adventure for musicians and blues fans alike. Janky feels truly blessed to play abroad with such great musicians and such a blues icon as Robert Kimbrough Sr. Onstage with a blues […]
Janky twists the knobs for The Kimbrough Brothers
Janky had the pleasure of recording the Kimbrough Brothers for their upcoming CD. The brothers: David Kimbrough, Jr., Kent Kimbrough and Robert Kimbrough, Sr., are North Mississippi blues royalty and the sons of the great Junior Kimbrough. This session took place during 2017 Deep Blues Fest and in the old WROX radio station studio across […]
What is the Cotton Patch Soul Blues?
Robert Kimbrough, Sr., son of the great music legend, Junior Kimbrough, talks about his dad’s style of music. Most people refer to Junior as Hill Country but on the contrary, he is actually one of the originators of COTTON PATCH SOUL BLUES. Robert also talks about the yearly festival that is in honor of Junior. […]
North Mississippi Sound Playlist
So I became tired of sifting around Spotify to find all the North Mississippi goodness. I created a public playlist on Spotify with all the tasty Hill Country and Cotton Patch Soul Blues that you need. There is a heavy dose of all the great artists that are either from the North Mississippi scene or […]
Robert Kimbrough Sr Records in Janky Studios
Dallas had a great treat as did the walls of Janky Studios with the cotton patch soul blues sounds of Robert Kimbrough Sr reverberating to and fro. Robert spreads his studio wings and channels his dad, Junior Kimbrough, on this release. Robert is on a mission to bring the world his families style of cotton […]