The Birthplace of America’s music and where so many creative trailblazers have found their passion, Mississippi speaks to generations of music lovers with historical landmarks, trails, music festivals ...

The Mississippi Delta gave birth to a blues style that links most directly to the work songs and field hollers of slaves on Southern plantations. The slaves brought the musical traditions of their ...

A song by Atlanta artist Barbecue Bob, "Mississippi Heavy Water Blues," describes losing his ... just pitch in after the flood to restore the old order, and give volunteer labor so they could ...

Lonnie Johnson’s ‘Blues & Ballads’ and Mississippi John Hurt’s ‘Today!’ are set to be reissued courtesy of Bluesville Records ...