Mississippi Hill Country

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Mississippi Hill Country is a rugged, forested upland region in northern Mississippi known for its rolling hills, small farming communities, and distinctive North Mississippi hill country blues tradition.

All labels observed (5)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
region ⓘ
climate humid subtropical ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalIdentity African American musical heritage ⓘ
rural Southern culture ⓘ
distinctFrom Mississippi Delta ⓘ
Mississippi Delta blues region ⓘ
linked to: Delta blues region
elevationRelativeToSurroundings higher ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluenceOn American blues music ⓘ
Americana music ⓘ
linked to: Americana

rock music ⓘ
hasDominantLandUse mixed agriculture ⓘ
timber production ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity small-scale farming ⓘ
hasMusicGenre North Mississippi hill country blues ⓘ
hasNotableCity Grenada, Mississippi ⓘ
Holly Springs, Mississippi ⓘ
New Albany, Mississippi ⓘ
Oxford, Mississippi ⓘ
Pontotoc, Mississippi ⓘ
hasNotableCounty Attala County, Mississippi ⓘ
Benton County, Mississippi ⓘ
Calhoun County, Mississippi ⓘ
Carroll County, Mississippi ⓘ
Chickasaw County, Mississippi ⓘ
Choctaw County, Mississippi ⓘ
Clarke County, Mississippi ⓘ
Clay County, Mississippi ⓘ
Covington County, Mississippi ⓘ
Grenada County, Mississippi ⓘ
Jasper County, Mississippi ⓘ
Jones County, Mississippi ⓘ
Kemper County, Mississippi ⓘ
Lafayette County, Mississippi ⓘ
Lauderdale County, Mississippi ⓘ
Leake County, Mississippi ⓘ
Marshall County, Mississippi ⓘ
Montgomery County, Mississippi ⓘ
Neshoba County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Neshoba County

Newton County, Mississippi ⓘ
Noxubee County, Mississippi ⓘ
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi ⓘ
Panola County, Mississippi ⓘ
Pontotoc County, Mississippi ⓘ
Scott County, Mississippi ⓘ
Simpson County, Mississippi ⓘ
Smith County, Mississippi ⓘ
Tate County, Mississippi ⓘ
Union County, Mississippi ⓘ
Wayne County, Mississippi ⓘ
Webster County, Mississippi ⓘ
Winston County, Mississippi ⓘ
Yalobusha County, Mississippi ⓘ
hasNotableMusicianOrigin Jessie Mae Hemphill ⓘ
Junior Kimbrough ⓘ
Mississippi Fred McDowell ⓘ
Otha Turner ⓘ
R. L. Burnside ⓘ
linked to: R.L. Burnside
hasPrimaryVegetation hardwood forests ⓘ
pine forests ⓘ
knownFor North Mississippi hill country blues ⓘ
hill country blues tradition ⓘ
rural culture ⓘ
small farming communities ⓘ
landCover forested ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
northern Mississippi ⓘ
musicStyleCharacteristic fife and drum tradition ⓘ
hypnotic guitar riffs ⓘ
minimal chord changes ⓘ
strong rhythmic drive ⓘ
partOf North Mississippi ⓘ
Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
regionType upland ⓘ
terrain rolling hills ⓘ
rugged ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marshall County, Mississippi → hasFeature → Mississippi Hill Country ⓘ
Northern Mississippi → hasSubregion → North Mississippi Hill Country ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Hill Country
New Albany, Mississippi → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → North Central Hills of Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Hill Country
North Mississippi hill country blues → regionOfOrigin → North Mississippi hill country ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Hill Country
Union County, Mississippi → locatedInRegion → North Mississippi hill country ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Hill Country
Tippah County, Mississippi → partOf → Mississippi Hills region ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Hill Country
Mississippi Blues Trail → associatedWith → Mississippi Hill Country ⓘ