Holmes is one of the last bluesmen who play a style known as Bentonia blues. Timothy Ivy On a pale morning in Bentonia, Mississippi, a village of 400-odd souls, one of the few signs of life are ...

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 ...

(WJTV) – The Mississippi Blues Marathon will return for its 18th ... and organizers encourage interested participants to sign up soon. Packet pickup will be held at Buffalo Peak Outfitters ...

The Delta Blues Museum tells the story of sharecroppers turned legends, handmade guitars, and the raw sound that traveled ...

The 2025 Mississippi Blues Marathon will honor two of the state’s famous sons: B.B. King and Medgar Evers. Both men would have turned 100 this year. “These two legends from Mississippi changed ...