the seeds of American music were sown in Mississippi soil, where the pioneers of blues, country, and rock ‘n’ roll followed dusty roads through forests and flatlands to perform for locals.

Head up Highway 49… and the Mississippi Delta thrums with the sound of the blues even before the music hits your ears. At the annual Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, thousands flood this town ...

You can also follow the Mississippi Blues Trail as you weave through the state. Clarksdale is the home of the Blues and is located along the Sunflower River! You’ll find live music all year ...

“The blues is always going to be around because there’ll always be a kid listening to B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan.” — Delta Blues superstar “Kingfish” Ingram, Clarksdale, Ms. It ...

Jimmy Holmes is the last in a line of music ... Mississippi, bluesman Jimmy "Duck" Holmes reflect his years of experience. Holmes is one of the last bluesmen who play a style known as Bentonia blues.

Participants will start and finish near the historic Mississippi State Capitol, with live Blues music energizing the scenic course. Runners will receive finisher medals and race shirts ...

It's important. And people love it." Perhaps no style of music is as intertwined with the Mississippi River as the delta blues, rooted in the musical traditions of enslaved Black Americans who ...