The late B.B. King, one of Mississippi's most celebrated musicians, will be honored with a centennial concert at the Natchez ...

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 ...

Spirituals, field hollers and African rhythms evolved into blues music over many years across ... square-mile tract in the middle of the Mississippi Delta, wouldn’t be a bad choice if you ...

Director Ryan Coogler says his new movie "Sinners," with "the devil's music" and vampires, explores the blues and religion, ...

The Mississippi Delta gave birth to a blues style that links most directly ... with limited resources for playing music, used their voices as instruments, accompanied by hand-clapping as percussion.

The Delta blues, first recorded in the 1920s, was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in Mississippi in the Delta. The Delta was particularly poverty stricken and the ...

CLARKSDALE - Delta residents have an opportunity to see a well-known blues-rock artist, who will be part of a celebration for ...

Music is everywhere in the Delta. Picture: Steve Madgwick Escape - Destination Mississippi Delta Photo: Steve Madgwick Clarksdale’s musical street-cred is off the charts. Blues pioneers and ...

The blues music which arose from the Mississippi Delta has in many ways come to define modern American music. There is a deep ...

When I learned Mississippi had a Blues Trail honoring the people ... boutiques, and the Delta State University campus, whose music institute has serious credibility, including a recording facility ...

Lane Nichols takes a luxury cruise down the mighty Mississippi River and falls in love with New Orleans jazz music, Delta blues and the deep South. We board our Viking river cruise ship at the ...