The Cooters are back in action as Judas is finally off of house arrest and ready to rock. The next batch of Cooter cookies promises to be even more blistering than any before.

Ed Dye, Cary Hudson, Bryan Ledford, Justin Showah and Ted Gainey have taken the Taylor Grocery house band to the studio and put their blend of Gospel and Inspirational classics on tape. Stay posted for a release date following the return of the Cary Hudson Experience from their European tour (have fun guys, don't do anything I wouldn't do and don't get stuck in Amsterdam) .

Josh Kelley is still in the works and awaiting some mixing. The first song, Amazing, is done and infectious. The others are sure to be college hits as well.

North Mississippi's Hip-Hop underground is flourishing with projects by Cracker Jack, Nikel Bag and Mystery Man in the oven. The New Madrid Click has also embarked upon its maiden studio voyage with the first three songs including Candy Painted Herses, Know Where We've Been, and the crowd-pleasing Frog Song.

Raw Cooter records guitar solos
at The Lip in July.

Read about The Lip in The Daily Mississippian's article on Boko Maru.