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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 ...
The Warner Brothers movie "Sinners" is introducing to a new generation to the importance of blues and juke joints in a 1930s ...
Robert Mugge has produced and directed documentary feature films about bluegrass and zydeco and reggae; about New Orleans musicians, in exile from Hurricane Katrina; about Hawaiian dance; about the ...
Blues legend Bobby Rush and other Mississippi blues musicians performed at the RiverBeat Music Festival in Memphis. Rush, 91, energized the crowd with his harmonica playing and classic blues songs.
The Royal Studios owner did it again on May 2, assembling an all-star lineup of Mississippi blues musicians to deliver a blues performance like no other at RiverBeat Music Festival at Tom Lee Park ...
“We actually did the [Mississippi] Blues Trail when we were researching the film and doing some early location scouting, and his dad came along with us. The Mississippi Blues Trail highlights ...