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 ...

Freeman will narrate a show featuring “the raw, aching power of authentic Delta Blues with the grandeur of a symphony orchestra." ...

TRAVERSE CITY — For Traverse City singer and guitarist Nick Veine, exploring the passion, messaging and “everyman” musical approach of the historically significant Delta blues has inspired his own ...

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 ...

The word "legend" is thrown around frivolously in pop culture, but there are only a handful of musicians that genuinely ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner. In ...

Baton Rouge’s blues community is mourning the death of singer Mamie Porter. A songwriter and vocalist who performed for 30 years with her husband, Smokehouse Porter, she died Saturday at the couple’s ...

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Arkansas Originals, a newly established nonprofit, has unveiled its inaugural program, the Arkansas River Delta Blues Trail. This heritage initiative aims to preserve and ...

I attended the final performance of The Delta King’s Blues on Sunday, December 21, inside a rustic, intimate theater space in ...

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