Discover the real roots of the blues across Mississippi’s towns, fields, and juke joints that still carry the sound of history.

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. Now some are hoping to tell both ...

As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, ... Delta Blues Museum. $10-$15. 1 Blues Alley Lane, Clarksdale, Mississippi. 662-627-6820, ...

The blues put this town on the tourism map, but Clarksdale has leaned into its musical heritage in recent decades. Here’s how to experience the best of this Mississippi town’s music scene and ...

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.

The blues put this town on the tourism map, ... ‘Oh my gosh, this place is going down,’” says O’Keefe, the tourism director for this Mississippi Delta city of 14,000, with an implied wink.