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 ...

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

The blues genre has never been totally obsolete. However, in the ever-changing music industry, the genre has seemingly taken a back seat in favor of other types of music. It’s a shame, but it is ...

"Kids my age, we're starting to like vintage stuff," Ty Myers, 17, says. "Old cars, old shoes, old clothes, old fashion — even old lingo is coming back. And especially old music." By Tom Roland ...

Along with the millions of people who’ve seen it, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram liked what he saw and heard in Sinners, this year’s left-field blues-and-vampires flick. It helped that he was also in it: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mississippi and Mid-South artists Christone "Kingfish" Ingram and Eden Brent were among the winners at the annual Blues Music ...

Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North. Sheer joy of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blues posters, pictures and drawings are displayed for sale at Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art in Clarksdale, MS. The Delta ...

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 ...