The Mississippi Delta gave birth to a blues style that links most directly to the work songs and field hollers of slaves on Southern plantations. The slaves brought the musical traditions of their ...

The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods ... explain some of the history behind blues music, especially the stripped-down, raw style of music called Delta blues.

The Birthplace of America’s music and where so many creative trailblazers have found their passion, Mississippi speaks to generations of music lovers with historical landmarks, trails, music festivals ...

creating many musical innovations Muddy Waters was a huge influence in turning the music of the Mississippi Delta into modern-style electric blues In 1920 Mamie Smith became the first African ...

Their project was to create a digital archive that describes this living history for the federally supported Mississippi Delta National Heritage ... video would start by paying homage to the Delta’s ...

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 ...

The history explored by these two routes is not only the story of Mississippi, but also America in a way. The blues music ...

Celebrate Elvis Presley's 90th birthday and the 100th anniversary of B.B. King with a series of events in the birthplace of ...

The SPLC’s Mississippi state office embarked on a multicity bus tour to hear directly from community members their struggles with advocacy and civic groups and state leaders.