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

When I learned Mississippi had a Blues Trail honoring the people and places that secured the music's legacy, I booked a flight from my home in London. The state's Blues Trail began in 2006 with ...

I have been a lover of music for my entire life and this year I wanted to dive deep into music history that helped to shape the genres that we listen to today. This Black History Month I decided ...

The occasion is a good excuse to sojourn through the Delta on the Mississippi Blues Trail from tiny Clarksdale to Jackson, the state capital, with stops in Greenwood, Cleveland and Indianola.

A show at Red's, a juke joint in Clarksdale, Miss., where it's advertised that you can see live blues seven nights a week. (Kirk Siegler/NPR) CLARKSDALE, Miss. — Bluesman Robert Johnson played ...

Today, visitors from across the U.S. and abroad follow the Mississippi Blues Trail and Country Music Trail into the same communities to learn about the land that birthed Robert Johnson ...

The Mississippi Blues Trail tells the story of how a genre began. Here are must-see stops to help ensure you soak in as much blues history as possible. ADVERTISEMENT ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is partly why people like Tim Lampkin think civil rights tourism on the scale of the blues trail in the Mississippi Delta may be premature. "I don't know fully if we're ready because the ...