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 ...

Writer and musician Emma John takes a trip along the Mississippi Blues Trail to learn more about the genre's origins and ...

We explore the origins of the legend of Robert Johnson, the man who sold his soul to the devil to become a Delta blues guitar ...

This music is raw, rude and visceral and is ... He is the greatest figure in Mississippi Delta Blues which became Chicago Blues through Bluesmen like Elmore James and was transformed into Modern ...

The Mississippi Delta town is a music lover’s paradise. “Clarksdale is a wonderful place to visit for music fans, especially for fans of the blues and the genres that it gave birth to ...

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 ...

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 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.

Lonnie Johnson’s ‘Blues & Ballads’ and Mississippi John Hurt’s ‘Today!’ are set to be reissued courtesy of Bluesville Records ...

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 ...