The blues put this town on the tourism map, but Clarksdale has leaned into its musical heritage in recent decades. Here’s how ...

Clarksdale was the place where blues legends like Sam Cooke, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters got their start, but its significance was mostly known to music lovers.

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has made a big impression after bursting upon the scene. Indeed, Rolling Stone Magazine wrote, ...

After all, the seminal Blues tale is of legend Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil at the crossroads of U.S. Highways 49 and 61 in the Delta to be able to play a guitar like no one else.

Faustian pacts with Satan have long abounded in Delta lore, but its most famous example was not the first, Tommy Johnson sparking such a tale years before.

In his fifth feature film, this fascination shows up through music–– a key part of the “Sinners” plot and creation. Inspired by his late Uncle James, who loved Delta Blues music, Coogler ...

CNN Travel names one Mississippi city in the Top 10 of America’s Best Towns to Visit. Find food, fun, live music in ...

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 ...

A cotton picker turned mechanic turned musician, “Daddy” Mack Orr became a fixture in Memphis nightclubs and international ambassador for Delta blues.

The weekend, it’s holding its 15 th annual Kent Blues Fest, with some music as early as noon, and continuing until the wee hours, offering free live music all over town. And each place books one band ...