The blues recordings that came out of the Mississippi Delta from the late 1920s through the late '30s have had an enormous impact on American music, influencing everyone from The Rolling Stones to ...

On a summer Saturday in the Mississippi Delta, Australia “Honey Bee” Jones sat calm and reserved in a chair on the MLK Park ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods; it's ...

Many towns and cities along the Blues Trail have planned festivals, exhibitions and live music to mark the 100th birthday of ...

A trio of talented Northeast Mississippi musicians will be featured during the Down on Main concert at Fairpark later this month. Set for Sept. 26 in Downtown Tupelo, the free concert – which runs ...

Morgan Freeman talks to Lelan about this immersive musical performance that fuses the raw, aching power of authentic Delta Blues with the grandeur of a symphony orchestra.

MARQUETTE, Iowa - It was just before sunset on the Mississippi River, the day's last bits of golden light dancing on the water, when four members of the band Big Blue Sky picked up their instruments ...

Music, history, and the iconic voice of Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman will collide at the Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage in Central Park on Wednesday, Aug. 27.

For his Treat, Coogler reflects on an inspirational journey along the Blues Trail in Mississippi and Tennessee with Sinners’ composer and Coogler’s frequent collaborator Ludwig Göransson—a trip that ...

Mamie Smith set the tone for a new century of sound in global music. The Cincinnati native was the first singer to record the blues. It’s the foundational American music form upon which jazz, country, ...