Jazz Articles about Mud Morganfield

Mud Morganfield, Duwayne Burnside and Candice Ivory: Blues Triad

by Doug Collette
January 18, 2026

Posers abound around the contemporary blues universe, but none of these three is among them. On the contrary, Mud Morganfield, Duwayne Burnside and Candice Ivory all transcend cliche in their work, doing the tradition proud in his/her own distinct fashion. As a direct descendant of a blues icon Muddy Waters, Morganfield carries the heaviest load, but he does so valiantly and without undue self-consciousness. Likewise, Burnside, whose direct lineage pervades the music of the Mississippi Hill Country he has so ...