As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods; it's ...

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 ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

You've seen his Mississippi Midnight signature model, now introducing the modern blues phenom's Tele Deluxe in Delta Day – or ...

King — better known as B.B. King — was born on a cotton plantation outside tiny Itta Bena, destined to reign as the ...

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Arkansas Originals, a newly established nonprofit, has unveiled its inaugural program, the Arkansas River Delta Blues Trail. This heritage initiative aims to preserve and ...

Mamie Smith set the tone for a new century of sound in global music. The Cincinnati native was the first singer to record the blues. It’s the foundational American music form upon which jazz, country, ...