(Indianola, MS) The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center welcomes the New York City based musical group, The Ebony Hillbillies, to Indianola on Monday, February 23, 2009. The old-fashioned string band will offer an exciting afternoon workshop and a toe-tapping performance in the evening.

One of the last African American string bands still performing in America, the Ebony Hillbillies consists of a banjo, fiddle, washboard and bass fiddle. They have touched a wide range of audiences with their homegrown, 19th century style, bringing in bits of blues, bluegrass, jazz, rock and roll and country. Their rootsy sound plays as well on the streets and subways of Manhattan as it does on stage at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.

The Ebony Hillbillies will lead an afternoon workshop beginning at 1:00 p.m. at the Museum. The workshop is free and open to the public. Guests are not required to have an instrument to attend. The evening’s performance will start at 7:00 p.m. and the cost is $5.