Kent Burnside was born in 1971 in Memphis and spent his youth in Holly Springs in the middle of the North Hill Country. He is the oldest grandson and one of the closest disciples and successors of the legendary R.L. Burnside, from whom he learned to play guitar while strumming together on his front porch. Growing up in Mississippi in the 1970s, where the wounds of the civil rights struggles were still fresh, he was amazed by the unifying power of music, where whites and blacks gathered peacefully to hear his grandfather play at house parties. Kent's first start in his professional career was working with guitarist and vocalist Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers) for the Fat Possum Records label. Still, it then came his star moment when he played in the band of the famous Buddy Guy after 2000. That's when his signature style of blues was born: dark, hypnotic, challenging and very danceable. Kent worked for Samuel L. Jackson to help him prepare for his role in Black Snake Moan (In Chains, 2007). He has also worked on stage shows for The Blues Brothers with Dan Aykroyd, who is a big fan of his. Kent has performed in clubs and festivals across the United States, and has also toured Europe, Australia and New Zealand successfully. He has released two albums, My World Is So Cold (2014) and Kent Burnside and the Flood Brothers (2016).

The exhibition "Roots of Blues III.
The third instalment of the Roots of the Blues travelling exhibit focuses this time on showcasing blues from perhaps the last region where the blues are handed down authentically as in the old days from father to son: the North Mississippi Hill Country Blues. The exhibition will be held at the club, come early.