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The Briggs Farm Blues Festival will return for its 28th year with a pre-party on Thursday night. That will kick off a weekend of blues music, which will be played by local, regional and national ...
The blues put this town on the tourism map, but Clarksdale has leaned into its musical heritage in recent decades. Here’s how ...
A look inside the process of designing the team's new uniforms, which feature the first changes to the Blue Note logo in 27 ...
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has made a big impression after bursting upon the scene. Indeed, Rolling Stone Magazine wrote, ...
Faustian pacts with Satan have long abounded in Delta lore, but its most famous example was not the first, Tommy Johnson ...
The blues put this town on the tourism map, but Clarksdale has leaned into its musical heritage in recent decades. Here’s how to experience the best of this Mississippi town’s music scene and ...
At the Bad Apple Blues Club, Sean “Bad” Apple delivered a show that mixed music with Delta history and stories of learning his craft from an 88-year-old bluesman.
A wave of new country artists — including Preston Cooper, Ty Myers, Kashus Culpepper and The Red Clay Strays — are singing blues music these days.
A cotton picker turned mechanic turned musician, “Daddy” Mack Orr became a fixture in Memphis nightclubs and international ...
Director Ryan Coogler says his new movie "Sinners," with "the devil's music" and vampires, explores the blues and religion, and his own fears.
The blues put this town on the tourism map, but Clarksdale has leaned into its musical heritage in recent decades. Here’s how to experience the best of this Mississippi town’s music scene and ...