The Delta continues to produce country artists ... The Blues: A Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues Singers. Smithsonian RD 101. Various artists. 1984. The Blues Came Down from Memphis.

Hurt’s work both evoked and diverged from his region’s musical traditions. “Classic” Delta blues music was “melodically complex, haunting and often discordant,” featuring lyrics that ...

Best known for her timeless classic “Freight Train,” Elizabeth ... in church as a child and inspired by the sounds of the Delta Blues, spent his teenage years learning to play harmonica ...

A Robert Johnson biopic from Jesse Collins Entertainment and Concord Originals is in development, Deadline can reveal ...

Baton Rouge’s blues community is mourning the death of singer Mamie Porter. A songwriter and vocalist who performed for 30 years with her husband, Smokehouse Porter, she died Saturday at the couple’s ...

Hot Springs one-man Delta Blues band Greg "Big Papa" Binns will be the featured performer at Wednesday Night Poetry at ...

One of the South Shore’s best-known local groups performs in their hometown tonight, but under the guise of a slightly different name and a much different musical identity. O’Neal Armstrong appears at ...

Number of times the Blues have won in the Winter Classic (4-1 vs. Chicago, 2017 and 6-4 vs. Minnesota, 2022). If the Blues win on Tuesday, they will share the League lead with the Boston Bruins ...

Cancel anytime. Post-Dispatch Blues beat reporter Matthew DeFranks joined columnist Jeff Gordon to discuss the successful Winter Classic in Chicago. Steam rises from the ice behind Blues ...