Burnside Exploration 2 featuring Cedric Burnside & Garry Burnside

Grammy Award-winning blues artist Cedric Burnside is one of the leading voices carrying the rich tradition of Mississippi Hill Country Blues into a new generation. The grandson of legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside, Cedric began touring at age 13 as his grandfathers drummer and has spent decades developing his own distinctive sound while honoring the legacy of the music that shaped him.A recipient of a National Heritage Fellowshipthe nations highest honor in the folk and traditional artsand the 2024 Mississippi Governors Arts Award for Excellence in Music, Burnside has earned multiple Grammy nominations and won a Grammy Award for his 2021 album I Be Trying. His acclaimed 2024 release, Hill Country Love, was recorded in a rustic building in Ripley, Mississippi, capturing the raw energy, authenticity, and spirit that define his music.Blending traditional Hill Country Blues with elements of rock, soul, R&B, and funk, Burnside creates music that is both deeply rooted and unmistakably modern. Having performed and recorded with artists ranging from Bobby Rush and Jimmy Buffett to Widespread Panic, he continues to bring the hypnotic grooves and storytelling traditions of North Mississippi blues to audiences around the world.Born into the bloodline of the blues, Garry Burnside carries the torch of Mississippi Hill Country music with fire, funk, and fearless originality. The youngest son of legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside, Garry was raised on rhythm cutting his teeth in juke joints, house parties, and front porches where the groove never stopped. At just 12 years old, Garry began playing bass for Junior Kimbrough, writing the bass lines that would help define a generation of Hill Country sound. Since then, hes grown into a powerhouse artist in his own right a seasoned musician, vocalist, and songwriter with a deep reverence for the past and a bold vision for the future. Now Grammy nominated and fronting the Garry Burnside Band, Garry delivers raw, hypnotic blues infused with