Cedric Burnside

THE GRANDSON OF MISSISSIPPI HILL COUNTRY BLUES GREAT R.L. BURNSIDE GOES ALL IN — AND ALL OUT — ON HIS NEW ALBUM, I BE TRYING

- Jim Beaugez

THERE’S A TENDENCY in some circles to view blues music as a museum piece, while the musical styles it informed — rhythm and blues, rock ‘n’ roll, soul, hip-hop and their various subgenres — are allowed to evolve. But the country blues music that rolled out of hillside jukes and hollers in the North Mississippi Hill Country in the hands of Mississippi Fred McDowell, Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside is alive and well, thanks to younger artists like Cedric Burnside.