Delta blues is one of the earliest-known styles of blues. It originated in the Mississippi Delta and is regarded as a regional variant of country blues. Guitar and harmonica are its dominant …

Oct 11, 2023 · The Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival’s project, New Orleans and the Blues, brought together blues musicians and music scholars to present a program of …

Certainly some blues guitarists stand out including Guitar Slim, Snooks Eaglin and Earl King, but none of these were heavily identified with a New Orleans sound.

The first electric blues album recorded in New Orleans features Freddie with Harmonica Williams and currently sells for hundreds on the collectors’ market. Because straight blues was not …

Nov 30, 2005 · “Down in New Orleans where the blues was born,” begins that floor-thumper “Mardi Gras Mambo.” Wonderful lines, though history has identified the Mississippi Delta as …

The museum’s latest exhibit, “Highway 61: Traveling America’s Music Highway,” takes visitors from Congo Square and Preservation Hall in New Orleans up through the Delta, Memphis, and …

Oct 2, 2018 · Highway 61 runs for 1,400 miles between New Orleans and Wyoming, but for our purposes, we’ll concentrate on the section dubbed “The Highway Of The Blues”, the area that …

Jun 8, 2023 · The all-day festival at the New Orleans Jazz Museum will include live music, presentations and panels, walking tours, delicious local food vendors and a full bar, and more. …

Blues music has its origins upriver a bit from New Orleans, about 300 miles north in the fruitful delta farming regions of northwestern Mississippi, especially the towns near Clarkdale. It’s said …

Sep 16, 2021 · Delta Blues musicians such as Tommy Johnson, Robert Johnson, Ishmon Bracey, and Charley Patton were some of the first blues musicians to be recorded by labels in the …