TUNICA, Miss. (Amazing America) — Created by the Mississippi Blues Commission in 2006, the Mississippi Blues Trail highlights the most notable sites involved in the birth, growth, and influence of ...

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Mississippi is known as the “Birthplace of America’s Music,” home to legends like Elvis Presley, B.B. King, and Jimmie Rodgers. The Grammy Museum in Cleveland, Mississippi, is celebrating its 10th ...

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16 WAPT'S OMOSE IGHODARO WAS AT THE MISSISSIPPI BLUES MARATHON AND HAS MORE. STANDUP: THIS IS THE 19TH EDITION OF THE BLUES MARATHON EVENT AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP SATURDAY MORNING. RUNNERS ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Egg in Albany will be hosting an evening of blues with singer and songwriter Shemekia Copeland. The concert is scheduled for May 22 at 8 p.m. Get the latest news, weather, ...

The latest feature from filmmaking duo Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel ('La Pivellina') follows an 80-year-old Austrian musician obliged to let go of the past. By Jordan Mintzer A bluesy trip down ...

Ma Rainey is best known, but Ida Cox, Cora Mae Bryant, Beverly ‘Guitar’ Watkins and Precious Bryant left essential music. From left to right: Ma Rainey, Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, Ida Cox, Precious ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Music Maker Productions today [Feb. 19] is announcing indie rock band Flipturn as the headliner for the university’s annual Old Main Music Festival in April.

A pair of Mississippi museums are officially some of the best in the country. A Magnolia State favorite has once again claimed a top spot among the best museums for kids in the U.S., and a Delta ...

HORN LAKE, Miss. (WTVA) — A former Horn Lake music minister received a 20-month prison sentence for a child sex crime. That’s what WMC-TV in Memphis, Tennessee, reported on Monday. Britt Taylor ...

Getting his start as a member of the legendary Muddy Waters’ band, Little Walter Jacobs took the harmonica to a whole new level. Developing his own unique techniques, blues musicians still look to him ...