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 ...

Sunset blues and Southern flavors capped Living History Natchez's inaugural season, as crowd gathers at Rosalie for music, ...

Freeman, an Academy Award-winning actor and Mississippi native, will narrate the immersive experience, which weaves song and ...

Eddie Cotton grew up in the Church of God in Christ in Clinton, Mississippi near Jackson. He heard guitar-playing deacons and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Out of more than 23,000 entries for consideration, four Mississippi musicians have been nominated for 2026 Grammy awards. The ...

Is Mississippi’s longstanding claim as the birthplace of the blues a myth? Years of independent research by Xavier University professor and jazz clarinetist Michael White and blues-based guitarist, ...

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 ...

Jarekus Singleton, a rising young blues singer and guitarist from Clinton, Mississippi, tells his own story in “Keep Pushin’,” a song on his Alligator Records debut, “Refuse to Lose.” A performing ...

CLARKSDALE, Miss. — Bluesman Robert Johnson played the guitar with such genius that legend has it his talent was a gift from the devil in exchange for the musician's soul. That deal was done, ...

The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner. In this flat, green region known as the Delta, the Blues took shape in the early twentieth century.

REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARY FOR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IS APRIL 1ST. TODAY THE MISSISSIPPI BLUES MARATHON TOOK OFF IN JACKSON. <FIRST 4 SECONDS GUITAR NATIONAL ANTHEM> THE MARATHON WAS HELD TO CELEBRATE ...

Blues legend Bobby Rush and other Mississippi blues musicians performed at the RiverBeat Music Festival in Memphis. Rush, 91, energized the crowd with his harmonica playing and classic blues songs.