Writer and musician Emma John takes a trip along the Mississippi Blues Trail to learn more about the genre's origins and ...
ALTON - There are several opportunities for Mississippi River enthusiasts to learn more about the river and its relationship ...
A Mississippi Blues Trail historical marker in his honor was recently planted in McComb. The trail is a collection of some 200 markers and locations citing the music’s import. Whoever heard of a ...
The city of Greenwood boasts a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail because it's where guitarist B.B. King performed his first live broadcast — in 1940 at the WGRM radio station on Howard Street.
In the early years of the 20th century, a young and struggling Mississippi native who longed to master the blues guitar stood at the crossroads outside Clarksdale, Mississippi, and made a deal ...