Blues grew from Delta labor life, then spread along river and rail routes into bigger stages and wider audiences. The post ...

The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...

The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...

"Morgan Freeman's Symphonic Blues Experience" is a rich experience that combines blues and orchestra music. How to get ...

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; it's ...

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...

The blues recordings that came out of the Mississippi Delta from the late 1920s through the late '30s have had an enormous impact on American music, influencing everyone from The Rolling Stones to ...

Mamie Smith set the tone for a new century of sound in global music. The Cincinnati native was the first singer to record the blues. It’s the foundational American music form upon which jazz, country, ...

Louisiana Bayou blues guitarist Tab Benoit brings his “I Hear Thunder” 2024 Tour to Bucknell University with a performance with Jesse Dayton, Saturday at 7:30 p.m., at the Weis Center for the ...

Lee reflects on the queer lineage of Black art, from Langston Hughes to James Baldwin, and his return to IN Series in a new blues opera.