Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

MS musicians are 2026 Grammy Award nominees. Jamal Roberts, Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, Hayley Williams get nods for ...

Grammy-winning Memphis music producer Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell recently showed the world how the blues is done, recruiting an all-star team of musicians to work on the record-breaking horror ...

Here are 16 great Delta blues artists. All are Black. Fifteen are men.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It was a big night at the Grammys for Memphis music and Mississippi blues. Boo Mitchell, who runs Royal Studios in South Memphis, added two awards to his collection. One was for Best ...

THE ANNUAL MISSISSIPPI BLUES MARATHON WILL TAKE PLACE IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI'S CAPITAL CITY. WITH LIVE MUSIC BEFORE, AFTER, AND THROUGHOUT THE COURSE, THE MISSISSIPPI BLUES MARATHON PROVES ...

"Good Morning America" will broadcast live from Clarksdale, Mississippi this week, highlight local club, Blues music. Here's ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner. In ...

Some of the most soul-stirring towns in Mississippi come alive along the legendary Blues Trail, especially in summer. From smoky juke joints and historic birthplaces to small-town museums and roadside ...

A Cast of Blues, an exhibit featuring 15 resin-cast masks of blues legends and photographs of blues performers and juke joints, will be featured at the Historic Eureka School in Hattiesburg this month ...

Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience at the Green Music Center has been canceled. Learn about refunds and event ...