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

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 ...

electrified version of the Delta blues, and it grew out of the Great Migration, after Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and others rode the Illinois Central railroad north out of Mississippi.

We begin our Memorial Day special with acclaimed director Ryan Coogler about his latest film Sinners, which is set to be one of the biggest box office hits of the year. Starring Michael B. Jordan, the ...

The Warner Brothers movie "Sinners" is introducing to a new generation to the importance of blues and juke joints in a 1930s segregated United States. The big picture: Black history is facing attack ...

It was Louie who first exposed me to the recreational stimulants common at the time, first unveiled a Hohner Blues Harp ... all the way to the Mississippi Delta, but somehow I connected absolutely.

Delta blues music, a style born in the Mississippi Delta region, is central to Sinners‘ atmosphere and plot. Emerging from earlier traditions like work songs, field hollers, and spirituals ...

the Mississippi Blues Trail consists of more than 200 markers identifying people and places associated with the birth, documentation and spread of the blues. Among them are the Delta Blues Museum ...

The director had just done the Blues Trail through the Mississippi Delta, talking to blues artists and learning the history behind the music, so Beachler decided to do the same. “I wanted to be ...

Sinners’ Mixes Blues, Vampires and the Mississippi Delta Into Ryan Coogler’s 1st Original Film Ryan Coogler only makes personal movies. “Fruitvale Station” was set in his hometown of ...

The Mississippi Delta town is a music lover’s paradise. “Clarksdale is a wonderful place to visit for music fans, especially for fans of the blues and the genres that it gave birth to ...