by Jim Beaugez | Amplify The Sip, Homegrown
On the backroads that stretch between Indianola and Jackson, the weight of what Mississippi once was — the long rows of cotton, the silence of fields that once demanded everything from the people who worked them — still hangs in the languid air. Out of those...
by Jim Beaugez | Amplify The Sip, Homegrown
Clarksdale, Mississippi sits at the crossroads of memory and myth, a place where cotton and soybean fields stretch toward the horizon and the blues clubs still hum. But behind the stories about dirty deals made at dusty crossroads, you’ll find the work of real people...
by Jim Beaugez | Amplify The Sip, Homegrown
“I always had a sense of restlessness and a sense of curiosity and dreaming about life beyond,” Sansone says, echoing the wanderlust he’s shared with generations of Mississippi musicians who have taken their talents to new zip codes. “In my dream world, I was...
by Jim Beaugez | Amplify The Sip, Featured, Resilience
Mississippi’s Gulf Coast was ground zero for the worst impacts of the historic 2005 storm. To leave or not to leave — in hurricane season, that is often the most consequential question anyone can answer. In the best-case scenario, staying put during a...
by Jim Beaugez | Amplify The Sip, Featured, Resilience
Despite the trials life has sent her way, the psychologist, businesswoman and philanthropist continues to chart a course built on helping others achieve their potential. Trials and traumas have a way of defining the course of life as much as ambition and...
by Jim Beaugez | Amplify The Sip, Featured
A successful blues artist and arranger for decades, Jackson’s mission to preach the power of music around the world can’t be derailed. Mississippi blues artist Vasti Jackson was only 15 or 20 minutes into watching the acclaimed 2025 Ryan Coogler film “Sinners,” set in...
