Delta State University’s Fielding Wright Art Center is preparing to present a new exhibition on the blues Thursday.

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of ...

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 ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. -- Morgan Freeman is bringing his Gulf Coast roots to the stage this fall with a performance blending delta blues and orchestral music.Freeman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jimmy “Duck” Holmes plays his guitar in front of the Blue Front Café in Bentonia, Miss. JACKSON, Miss. — Blues is inspired by ...

Untutored Yanks like me are sometimes surprised to learn that the fertile Mississippi River Delta extends all the way up to Memphis, Tennessee. But the influence of Mississippi—both the river and the ...

Blues selections by Delta bluesman Son House, obtained by Sam Charters from the Library of Congrss folksong archive. Tape 2 of 2 given to Moe Asch by Charters to produce an album of blues artist from ...

Although U.S. 61 begins in New Orleans and runs through Baton Rouge, the portion known as the Blues Highway starts around Vicksburg, Mississippi, and moves north through the Delta to Memphis, ...

Levee failure during Mississippi River 1927 Flood. Human civilization can trace its roots back to the transformation of muddy waters into new land. This transformation arises from the swirling mixture ...

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 ...