The Mississippi Delta gave birth to a blues style that links most directly to the work songs and field hollers of slaves on Southern plantations. The slaves brought the musical traditions of their ...

From the quirky coast to the soulful Delta, these small towns are the gems of Mississippi. Check out their town squares, ...

The blues put Mississippi on the map, and that’s why we must save Po ... 750-megawatt unit in Greenville the “Delta Blues Advanced Power Station” for the music that’s made us famous.

One window into life during and after the flood is Delta blues music, which was blossoming in Mississippi at the time of the disaster. Blues artists from Bessie Smith to Barbecue Bob recorded over ...