A region of warm hospitality and deep spirituality that embodies the essence of the American South, the Mississippi Delta is marked by an extraordinary musical heritage. Born out of adversity, the ...

Here are three Mississippi spots where you can celebrate the King of Blues’ legacy.

Many towns and cities along the Blues Trail have planned festivals, exhibitions and live music to mark the 100th birthday of ...

On a summer Saturday in the Mississippi Delta, Australia “Honey Bee” Jones sat calm and reserved in a chair on the MLK Park ...

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 ...

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 ...

The B.B. King Museum & Delta Interpretive Center was honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in recognition of ...

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 ...

Is Mississippi’s longstanding claim as the birthplace of the blues a myth? Years of independent research by Xavier University professor and jazz clarinetist Michael White and blues-based guitarist, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. “Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris” In 2018, Dust-to-Digital, an archival-oriented record ...