"Good Morning America" will broadcast live from Clarksdale, Mississippi this week, highlight local club, Blues music. Here's ...
Many of America’s greatest blues artists are women, including Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, but they ...
As the USA nears its 250th anniversary, discover how the Mississippi Delta blues shaped modern music.
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.
A region of warm hospitality and deep spirituality that embodies the essence of the American South, the Mississippi Delta is marked by an extraordinary musical heritage. Born out of adversity, the ...
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 ...
To celebrate the 100th birthday of B.B. King and the 90th birthday of Elvis Presley, GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi will host a free Family Day event on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Shelley Ritter, executive director of the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Miss., in front of a replica vehicle used by Alan Lomax to record blues musicians in the Delta. (Peter O'Dowd/Here & Now) ...
101 Oh Baby / Como Drum Band, Napoleon Strickland. Guitar. 102 Como Breakdown / Como Drum Band, Napoleon Strickland. Guitar. 103 Three O'Clock in the Morning / Fred McDowell, Johnny Woods. Guitar. 104 ...