The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner.

A new Mississippi Blues Trail Marker is honoring a local blues legend.Visit Mississippi held a ceremony unveiling the marker outside the Iron Horse Grill on West Pearl Street in downtown Jackson on ...

Participants will start and finish near the historic Mississippi State Capitol, with live Blues music energizing the scenic course. Runners will receive finisher medals and race shirts ...

Head up Highway 49… and the Mississippi Delta thrums with the sound of the blues even before the music hits your ears. At the annual Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, thousands flood this town ...

They're wearing green-and-white striped pants, and shirts with "MDOC convict" stenciled on the back, for Mississippi ... blues is all too familiar. "Of course, the blues is not just the music ...

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 ...