The Show
Driving bass drums. Piercing cane-fife melodies. A crowd that cannot stay still.
The Rising Stars carry forward the rare North Mississippi fife and drum tradition — a sound older than the blues itself, built on hand-carved cane fifes and marching drums that trace straight back to West Africa. It is one of the most endangered musical traditions in America, and one of the most electrifying live.
Their performances mix century-old hill-country songs with fresh, funky beats — folding in blues, R&B, hip-hop, dance, and gospel until the young and old are on their feet together.
A high-energy journey from ancestral African rhythm through the birth of the blues to the sounds of today — performable as a headline set, a processional second-line, or a lecture-demonstration for all ages.
