The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...

Mississippi and Mid-South artists Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Eden Brent were among the winners at the annual Blues Music Awards on May 7. The 47th edition of the BMA honors — presented by the ...

Not long ago, Otis Taylor was a Boulder antiques broker, and uninformed observers of the local music community considered him to be something of an antique. How wrong they were. In the mid-'90s, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blues icon Joe Bonamassa, 48, is getting ready to release his new album, B.B. King's Blues Summit 100, and he opened up to fans ...

Blues is a musical tradition with deep roots in Black Southern American history, dating back to the 1860s. In contrast to country music, which the Grammys have only this year divided into categories ...

The subgenre of contemporary blues is best defined as one that merges the traditions of blues music (which date back at least to the 1860s) with more modern musical aspects. The Grammy Awards ...

BAY CITY, MI – Blues guitarist Larry McCray has shared the stage with greats like B.B. King, Jimmie Vaughan and the Allman Brothers. And beginning this week, he is sharing the spotlight with other ...

Samantha Fish delivers both passion and purpose. Considered one of the most formidable guitarists of her generation, she combines blues with bravado, making decided inroads into an arena once ...

Two Louisiana-connected blues artists — Kenny Neal and Marcia Ball — will be part of The Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame. The foundation announced its 2026 class on Friday in a Facebook post. The 13 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blues posters, pictures and drawings are displayed for sale at Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art in Clarksdale, MS. The Delta ...