Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

Before the blues filled grand theaters and concert halls, it lived in humble bars, street corners, and juke joints where life ...

Willie Dixon. Born at the Delta’s southern tip in 1915, Willie Dixon followed the Great Migration to Chicago. There, he ...

"Good Morning America" will broadcast live from Clarksdale, Mississippi this week, highlight local club, Blues music. Here's ...

The history of the Mississippi Delta blues -- The history of blues tourism in the Mississippi Delta -- Blues myths and the rhetorical imagination of place -- Blues festivals, race, and the ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner. In ...

This small Southern town on Mississippi's Yazoo River played a huge role in the birth of blues music is now an important stop on the Mississippi Blues Trail.

Vineet Singh Hukmani, a global musician known for breaking records, is releasing a groundbreaking double blues album. 'Delta Blues Revival' and 'Kyon? Punjabi Blues' are set to make history as the ...