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 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 ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. The URL has been copied to your clipboard “I look at blues as the way of life… it’s a story, a story told with music.” That voice belongs to Jimmy “Duck” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original ...

Today marks the 41 st anniversary of the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi, the world’s first museum dedicated to preserving the Blues of the past (and the state’s oldest music museum).

Levee failure during Mississippi River 1927 Flood. Human civilization can trace its roots back to the transformation of muddy waters into new land. This transformation arises from the swirling mixture ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blues posters, pictures and drawings are displayed for sale at Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art in Clarksdale, MS. The Delta ...

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 ...