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 ...

Nashville, Austin, New Orleans, Chicago, and New York are some of the more notable American locations for music. However, the location that partially gave these places their music: the Mississippi ...

The singer/songwriter is one of the 2024 Kennedy Center honorees. In 1996, Raitt spoke to Fresh Air about about the musicians that inspired her, including Mississippi Fred McDowell. This is FRESH AIR.

Beach bars? Sure, Southwest Florida has plenty of those. Blues bars? Now, that's a much different story but a story worth telling, nonetheless, especially when you are talking about the "World Famous" ...

McINTOSH, Minn. – Little Bobby’s Bar and Grill will host the “Women of the Blues Festival 2024” on Friday and Saturday, May 31-June 1, in McIntosh. The free event, featuring the Laurie Morvan Band, ...

With copies of their new album, Hallucinate, packed between the bass drum and the guitar amp in their ancient van, Bees Deluxe is hitting the road for a whirlwind mini-tour to not only promote their ...

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​Introducing the Blues King Studio, a fresh face in Epiphone’s acoustic lineup, taking major cues from the L-00 lineage. This ...