Cedric Burnside

Cedric Burnside is an American musician, singer and drummer from Mississippi and a major figure in Hill Country Blues. A Grammy Award winner, he continues the direct legacy of his grandfather R.L. Burnside, preserving a raw, circular and percussive rhythmic aesthetic. In 2024 Cedric Burnside recorded Hill Country Love in a former Tippah County law office, conceived as a juke joint built entirely of wood, whose acoustics contribute to the album’s sonic character. Produced by Luther Dickinson, the album was recorded in two days and features 14 tracks that cultivate hill country DNA while opening to rock, R&B and hip‑hop nuances. Earlier releases include Descendants of Hill Country (2016), Benton County Relic (2018), nominated for a Grammy, and I Be Trying (2021), which earned him the Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album. With Cedric Burnside, hill country blues remains music of repeated motifs, hypnotic groove and unadorned execution, where modernity coexists with an intact regional grounding, making him one of the central voices of contemporary American blues.