Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grammy-winning Memphis music producer Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell recently showed the world how the blues is done, recruiting an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CLARKSDALE, Mississippi — On a summer Saturday in the Mississippi Delta, Australia "Honey Bee" Jones sat calm and reserved in a ...

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

The Mississippi Valley Blues Society will present a lineup of blues artists at the 41st anniversary Blues Festival on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18 and 19, at LeClaire Park on the Davenport Riverfront ...

Nashville, Austin, New Orleans, Chicago, and New York are some of the more notable American locations for music. However, the location that partially gave these places their music: the Mississippi ...

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 ...

TUNICA, Miss. (Amazing America) — Created by the Mississippi Blues Commission in 2006, the Mississippi Blues Trail highlights the most notable sites involved in the birth, growth, and influence of ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Blues are back at LeClaire Park in Davenport for the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival. The festival was canceled last year after rainouts in 2022 and 2023 left the Mississippi ...

I have been a lover of music for my entire life and this year I wanted to dive deep into music history that helped to shape the genres that we listen to today. The Blues Trail was created in 2006 and ...

As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, the region’s famous native son B.B. King croons “Why I Sing the Blues” on the radio. Music that sprung from ...