The Parchman Band Started in the 1930s. A Modern Version Is Carrying on Tradition.

A modern version of the Parchman Band is carrying on a musical tradition that began in the nineteen thirties. As The Marshall Project tells it, the group based at the Mississippi State Penitentiary has reunited and is now performing shows outside the prison walls.

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