North Mississippi Allstars made their annual stop in Austin to play Antone’s on January 17. The show was amazing! I can’t get over Hear My Train A Comin’ and Love the One You’re With Don’t take my word for it though. Stream or download the mp3 here. I’ll seed the lossless torrent as long as I can. Grab it on bt.etree as well as the show they played on the 16th. Thanks so much to Lee Hart for taping!

North Mississippi Allstars
2009-01-17
Antone’s
Austin, TX

Disc 1

01 Goin’ Down South
02 Poor Boy
03 Keep The Devil Down
04 Ship
05 Write Me A Few Lines
06 Drop Down Mama
07 Sugartown
08 Freedom Highway
09 Po Black Maddie
10 Skinny Woman
11 Shake ‘Em On Down

Disc 2

01 Meet Me In The City
02 Mutha
03 Mississippi Bollweevil
04 Love the One You’re With
05 Boomer’s Story
06 ML
07 -encore-
08 Soldier
09 Hear My Train A Comin’
10 Horseshoe

North Mississippi Allstars performed a concert from WXPN’s World Cafe in Philadelphia on Friday, March 23. NPR broadcasted the show and is offering it in streaming format on their website. North Mississippi Allstars are an amazingly talented band that borrows heavily from the Mississippi Delta Blues but also blends other styles and genres including Soul, Pop, Rap and Rock to create a sound all their own. NPR provides a good introduction:

Led by brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson, the group formed in 1996 in (surprise) northern Mississippi, where its members learned firsthand the rich blues tradition of the area from legends like R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough. After honing its chops as a unit touring with larger acts, the band released 2000’s Shake Hands with Shorty to widespread praise, including a Grammy nomination and a W.C. Handy Award for Best New Artist Debut.

Check it out!