Mississippi and Mid-South artists Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Eden Brent were among the winners at the 2026 Blues Music ...

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 ...

From Lead Belly to Janis Joplin, we profile 15 great blues singers who helped shape this most emotive and expressive of music ...

In addition to the Blues Music Awards, a variety of related events, concerts and film screenings are planned in Memphis.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blues icon Joe Bonamassa, 48, is getting ready to release his new album, B.B. King's Blues Summit 100, and he opened up to fans ...

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I think about the roots of blues music—the raw honesty, the pain wrapped in poetry, the joy carved out of hardship—I think of Ma Rainey. Her voice was more than a sound; it was ...

Charles Steadham is no stranger to blues music. He has been playing the blues for years, performing in venues across the South. Not once was he afraid to play onstage in front of a crowd or even to ...

You don’t get the nickname “Lightnin’” for no reason, especially when you’re a blues artist. Born March 15, 1912, in Centerville, Texas, Samuel John “Lightnin’” Hopkins became one of the most ...

At just 27, fast-rising blues dynamo D.K. Harrell is probably a bit too young to be the subject of a feature film. But so many aspects of this Louisiana native’s life are worthy of big-screen ...

Along with the millions of people who’ve seen it, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram liked what he saw and heard in Sinners, this year’s left-field blues-and-vampires flick. It helped that he was also in it: ...

After a yearlong hiatus, the Lancaster Roots & Blues festival returns this weekend with more than 60 artists performing at nine venues in downtown Lancaster. The festival, which brings local, regional ...