With pandemic restrictions lifted, tourists are returning to Mississippi's famous Blues Trail. Civil rights leaders are noticing some are now hungry for more context about the music's origins.

INDIANOLA, MISS. — He started out here 60 years ago, singing the blues on a street corner for dimes. Now, less than three blocks from that corner, the legendary B.B. King will soon have his own ...

The blues put this town on the tourism map, but Clarksdale has leaned into its musical heritage in recent decades. Here’s how ...

Clarksdale, Mississippi is known as the birthplace of the blues. Follow CNN anchor Laura Coates as she explores the city’s ...

With pandemic restrictions lifted, tourists are returning to Mississippi's famous Blues Trail. Civil rights leaders are noticing some are now hungry for more context about the music's origins.

Sean "Bad" Apple: Yeah, that's Cream's version. But Robert Johnson, the blues man, that's his song, I Went to the Crossroads. Sean "Bad" Apple 60 Minutes . Over the years, musical tastes changed.

How to take a Blues Trail trip . In 2006, the Mississippi Blues Commission created the Mississippi Blues Trail to mark historic musical sites-clubs, churches, cotton fields, record labels, streets ...

It's getting closer to that time of year, and so the lineup for the 48th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival ...

We heard Mississippi Marshall, Seth Hill and Lee Williams perform at the town’s best-known venue, the Ground Zero Blues Club, which is co-owned by actor (and Delta native) Morgan Freeman.

Far removed from music-industry cities like Los Angeles and Nashville, the seeds of American music were sown in Mississippi soil, where the pioneers of blues, country, and rock ‘n’ roll ...

You can also follow the Mississippi Blues Trail as you weave through the state. TUPELO Tupelo is the home to Elvis Presley’s Birthplace, where in 1935 the world’s greatest entertainer was born.

An official trailer for “Sinners” (via Warner Bros. on YouTube). What the action-packed trailer for “Sinners” does not capture is that this is a movie all about music. Specifically, the rural roots ...