The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...
As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods; it's ...
The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...
Behind the scenes shot of Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan on the set of "Sinners" (Photo credit: Eli Adé) Beyond the vampires and sex appeal of Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” ...
Blues music has long been linked to the mystical or supernatural. 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 ...
His unassuming Mississippi Delta nightspot is one of the last of its kind, giving blues musicians a welcoming venue and lately drawing visitors from around the world. By Clay Risen Red Paden, who as ...
The blues recordings that came out of the Mississippi Delta from the late 1920s through the late '30s have had an enormous impact on American music, influencing everyone from The Rolling Stones to ...
LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Arkansas Originals, a newly established nonprofit, has unveiled its inaugural program, the Arkansas River Delta Blues Trail. This heritage initiative aims to preserve and ...
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 ...
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