Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blues posters, pictures and drawings are displayed for sale at Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art in Clarksdale, MS. The Delta ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Out of more than 23,000 entries for consideration, four Mississippi musicians have been nominated for 2026 Grammy awards. The ...

The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner. In this flat, green region known as the Delta, the Blues took shape in the early twentieth century.

CLARKSDALE, Miss. — Bluesman Robert Johnson played the guitar with such genius that legend has it his talent was a gift from the devil in exchange for the musician's soul. That deal was done, ...

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...

I have been a lover of music for my entire life and this year I wanted to dive deep into music history that helped to shape the genres that we listen to today. The Blues Trail was created in 2006 and ...

TUNICA, Miss. (AP) – In cotton country a couple miles east of the Mississippi River, just off a road known as the blues highway, fourth graders at Tunica Elementary School are exploring the Delta’s ...

Jarekus Singleton, a rising young blues singer and guitarist from Clinton, Mississippi, tells his own story in “Keep Pushin’,” a song on his Alligator Records debut, “Refuse to Lose.” A performing ...

The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...