News

Discover the real roots of the blues across Mississippi’s towns, fields, and juke joints that still carry the sound of history.
If you’ve been itching to feel more connected, culturally, spiritually, or emotionally, this Mississippi road trip might be ...
CNN Travel names one Mississippi city in the Top 10 of America’s Best Towns to Visit. Find food, fun, live music in ...
With pandemic restrictions lifted, tourists are returning to Mississippi's famous Blues Trail. Civil rights leaders are noticing some are now hungry for more context about the music's origins.
As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, the region’s famous native son B.B. King croons “Why I Sing the Blues” on the radio. Music that ...
We heard Mississippi Marshall, Seth Hill and Lee Williams perform at the town’s best-known venue, the Ground Zero Blues Club, which is co-owned by actor (and Delta native) Morgan Freeman.
It's not topping the charts, but blues music is having a revival in the Mississippi Delta, an area where the music first flourished.
Sinners director Ryan Coogler and composer Ludwig Göransson didn’t just read up on Mississippi Delta blues while making the music for the 2025 blockbuster film Sinners; they went to experience ...
'Sinners’ Mixes Blues, Vampires and the Mississippi Delta Into Ryan Coogler’s 1st Original Film Ryan Coogler only makes personal movies. “Fruitvale Station” was set in his hometown of ...
Delta Blues Advanced Power Station will be a 754-megawatt facility capable of powering 385,000 homes across Entergy Mississippi's 45-county service area.
The free Mississippi Blues Trail app available on iOS and Android offers an easy-to-navigate map of the trail and allows user to create custom itineraries.
The Mississippi Delta is world famous as the home of the blues. But less publicized is the fact that the region is also integral to America's civil rights story.