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The enigmatic John Smith Hurt, shown in 1966, was a pioneer of the vital American art form known as Mississippi Delta blues. Charmian Reading / ©Family of Charmian Reading / NPG, SI ...
Mississippi Delta is home of the blues and key to civil rights past. Here's how With pandemic restrictions lifted, tourists are returning to Mississippi's famous Blues Trail.
The blues put this town on the tourism map, but Clarksdale has leaned into its musical heritage in recent decades. Here’s how ...
At the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi, fans of the blues great can follow his journey from his youngest days until his death in 2015.
The movie "Sinners" showcases blues music from Chicago and Mississippi, linked by the Great Migration. Here's where to see blues in Chicago, as seen in "Sinners".
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.
Although U.S. 61 begins in New Orleans and runs through Baton Rouge, the portion known as the Blues Highway starts around Vicksburg, Mississippi, and moves north through the Delta to ...