Since co-founding the history-making, history-preserving North Mississippi Allstars almost 30 years ago, Luther Dickinson has taken his guitar, his deep blues repertoire, and his Memphis soul around the world and into all kinds of collaborations. In his latest return to The String, we talk about the nature of improvising and some of his recent experimental and instrumental projects, plus the 2025 Allstars album Still Rollin’, marking the 25th anniversary of the band’s debut album.
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Max Gomez is this week's guest for Words & Music, where we invite artists to discuss and perform stripped-down versions of their latest projects. Gomez performed "Too Afraid To Fall In Love", "Make It Me", and "New Mexico" from his latest record, Memory Mountain.
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