North Mississippi Allstars To Release “Still Shakin'” & Tour
June 3 - October 25
North Mississippi Allstars return with Still Shakin’ on June 6, 2025 via New West Records. The 11-track album was produced by Luther & Cody Dickinson. Still Shakin’ follows their acclaimed 2022 album Set Sail, which No Depression said was “their most soulful, funky creation to date.”
To make their twelfth album, the North Mississippi Allstars went back to the beginning—namely, their 2000 debut, Shake Hands with Shorty. Luther Dickinson says, “Still Shakin’ is a celebration of our life-changing first album, which we released 25 years ago, and a love letter of appreciation to everyone who supported us and kept us in the game all these years. In the spirit of our debut, we recorded Mississippi classics that despite inspiring us to start the band in 1996, we have yet to record. We also wanted to feature our fantastic bandmates Joey Williams and Rayfield “Ray Ray” Hollman who inspire us to no end. Their contributions elevate NMA to new heights.” Still Shakin’ is a daringly inventive expansion of that album, showing how much the Dickinson Brothers have grown in the last 25 years. The point wasn’t to re-create the sound of Shake Hands with Shorty, but to recapture that spirit of invention and excitement. Back in the day, the Allstars came up with the phrase Modern Mississippi Music to describe their collision of styles and attitudes: an obsession with Mississippi Hill Country and Sacred Steel cross-bred with their punk/psychedelic jams. Still Shakin’ embodies that idea with every note and incorporates wild explorations, weird experiments, and unexpected influences into their sound.
Today, Magnet Magazine premiered the album highlight “Don’t Let the Devil Ride.” Luther Dickinson said, “For the last year or so, Joey Williams (Blind Boys of Alabama) has been closing North Mississippi Allstars shows with ‘Don’t Let the Devil Ride’ and we wanted to capture that spirit for the album. Kashiah Hunter laid down the Sacred Steel guitar.”
Relix previously shared the video for the album’s title track “Still Shakin’,” which was shot at the family’s beloved Zebra Ranch Studio, Willie Mitchell’s Royal Studio, at the Boulder Theater, and features footage supplied by North Mississippi Allstars fans as well. Of the song, Luther Dickinson said “Still Shakin’” is a testament to our chemistry and collaboration with bandmates, Joey and Ray Ray. The music came together easily, improvising in the studio and I began recording the lyrics as they came to me, day after day, out on the road, in hotel rooms, using my kid’s plastic karaoke mic.” American Songwriter premiered the album highlight “Stay All Night” as well.
A collective of musicians by design, the North Mississippi Allstars have never had a set-in-stone lineup. Instead, as their name suggests, they’ve always welcomed anyone who might push the music in new directions. Still Shakin’ includes a new generation of North Mississippi musicians: Robert Kimbrough, son of Junior Kimbrough, and Duwayne Burnside, son of R.L. Burnside. It also features Kashia Hunter on steel guitar, Grahame Lesh, son of Grateful Dead founding member Phil Lesh (whom Still Shakin’ is dedicated to), as well as the current Allstars touring lineup: Joey Williams (the Blind Boys of Alabama), and Rayfield “Ray Ray” Holloman (Eminem, Ne- Yo). Luther adds, “We are proud to represent the Memphis Music Underground, the Community of North Mississippi musicians and be a part of the modern-day touring culture. We always keep one eye on the road ahead, in the moment at hand, while anticipating the future. The other eye is on the rear-view mirror, reflecting the elders and their repertoire night after night. Our music evokes home, which is nice, since we travel so much. The locations change but music itself is our constant. We look forward to the next 25 years of North Mississippi World Boogie.”
Luther and Cody Dickinson started the North Mississippi Allstars in 1996. They were inspired by their father, the legendary producer & musician Jim Dickinson, as well as their neighbors and elders, such as R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Otha Turner, and Fred McDowell. Luther’s first national tour was playing guitar for Burnside in 1997, when he was touring A Ass Pocket of Whiskey and selling out shows throughout North America. Luther says, “That experience blew my mind. R.L., Kenny Brown, and Cedric Burnside taught me how to tour. Cody and I have been on the road ever since.” Three decades later, the North Mississippi Allstars are still a touring force and will be throughout the US and Europe on the Still Shakin’ tour launching on June 3 in the Netherlands.
Still Shakin’ will be available across digital platforms, compact disc, and standard black vinyl. A limited red color LP edition autographed by the band, as well as a limited autographed CD edition will be available via Independent Retailers. A limited-to-600 yellow color LP autographed by the band will be available via Heady Wax Fiends. An autographed CD edition, as well as an exclusive & very limited silver “25th Anniversary Pressing” autographed by the band, are both available for pre-order NOW directly via NEW WEST RECORDS.
Still Shakin’ Track Listing:
1. Preachin’ Blues
2. Stay All Night (feat. Robert Kimbrough & Joey Williams)
3. My Mind is Ramblin’
4. Pray for Peace (feat. Joey Williams)
5. K.C. Jones (Part II) (feat. Jojo Hermann & Grahame Lesh)
6. Still Shakin’
7. Poor Boy (feat. Duwayne Burnside)
8. Don’t Let the Devil Ride (feat. Joey Williams)
9. Write Me a Few Lines (CD & Digital Only Bonus Track)
10. John Henry
11. Monomyth (Folk Hero’s Last Ride)
North Mississippi Allstars On Tour:
June 3 – Deventer, Netherlands – Burgerweeshuis
June 4 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg
June 5 – Venlo, Netherlands – Grenswerk
June 6 – Oss, Netherlands – Groene Engel
June 7 – Peer, Belgium – Blues Peer
June 12 – Ardmore , PA – Ardmore Music Hall
June 13 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl NY
June 14- Shirley , MA – The Bull Run Restaurant
June 15 – Fairfield, CT – Sacred Heart University Community Theatre
June 18 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
June 19 – Cincinnati , OH – Ludlow Garage
June 20 – Indianapolis, IN – HI-FI
June 21 – Evanston, IL – SPACE
June 27 – Waterford, MS – North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic
July 1 – San Sebastian, Spain – Dabadaba
July 2 – Barcelona, Spain – La Nau
July 3 – Valencia, Spain – 16 Toneladas
July 4 – Madrid, Spain – El Sol
July 5 – Cazorla, Spain – Festival Blues Cazorla
July 10 – Lewes, DE – Rocking The Dock Music Series
July 11 – Annapolis, MD – Rams Head on Stage
July 12 – Johnstown, PA – Peoples Natural Gas Park
July 23 – Novato, CA – Cookout Concert Series @ HopMonk Tavern Novato
July 24 – Crystal Bay, NV – Gambler’s Run Music Festival After Party
July 26 – Fall River, MA – Narrows Center for the Arts
July 27 – Portsmouth, NH – Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club
July 28 – Big Indian, NY – Roots Rock Revival
July 29 – Big Indian, NY – Roots Rock Revival
July 30 – Big Indian, NY – Roots Rock Revival
July 31 – Big Indian, NY – Roots Rock Revival
August 1 – Big Indian, NY – Roots Rock Revival
August 14 – Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub
August 15 – Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub
August 16 – Humble, TX – Charles Bender Performing Arts Center
October 11 – Memphis, TN – Country Blues Festival @ Overton Park Shell
October 25 – St. Louis, MO – The Sheldon Hall