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 ...
King — better known as B.B. King — was born on a cotton plantation outside tiny Itta Bena, destined to reign as the ...
Only a kid at the time, Charlie Musselwhite remembers the bustle of weekends in downtown Clarksdale, Miss. "Saturday was the day everybody came to town," he recalls. "They'd come in wagons pulled by ...
D.J. Grissom captivated the audience at the 2025 Ouachita River Blues Society (ORBS) Blues Challenge. By day a dedicated mail ...
Located in the Deep South of the United States, the state of Mississippi, also known as the ‘Magnolia State’, is rich in history, not least for being the birthplace of the Delta blues. During the ...
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 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Few figures in American music loom as large as Muddy Waters. A transformative force in the evolution of modern blues, Waters bridged the acoustic traditions of the Mississippi Delta ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Hundreds of music fans are expected to let the good times roll Sunday at the 35th annual B.B. King Homecoming Festival, a free gathering that the legendary bluesman started in ...