Nashville, Austin, New Orleans, Chicago, and New York are some of the more notable American locations for music. However, the location that partially gave these places their music: the Mississippi ...

The 1970s gave us some of the greatest blues-rock music ever recorded, but not every masterpiece got the attention it deserved. While everyone knows Led Zeppelin and Cream, dozens of brilliant albums ...

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 ...

Larry “Mud” Morganfield was born in Chicago in 1954 to Mildred McGhee and one of the greatest blues artists of all-time, Muddy Waters. He was largely raised by his recently deceased mother, who he ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Mark Sullivan/Getty Images John Mayall – British blues patriarch, godfather, progenitor, ...

The singer/songwriter is one of the 2024 Kennedy Center honorees. In 1996, Raitt spoke to Fresh Air about about the musicians that inspired her, including Mississippi Fred McDowell. This is FRESH AIR.

With copies of their new album, Hallucinate, packed between the bass drum and the guitar amp in their ancient van, Bees Deluxe is hitting the road for a whirlwind mini-tour to not only promote their ...

McINTOSH, Minn. – Little Bobby’s Bar and Grill will host the “Women of the Blues Festival 2024” on Friday and Saturday, May 31-June 1, in McIntosh. The free event, featuring the Laurie Morvan Band, ...

Saturday brunch gets the blues when Bees Deluxe, the British-American sensation, hit the stage at Daryl's House Club in Pawling, New York state's coolest live music venue on Saturday July the 5th.

Beach bars? Sure, Southwest Florida has plenty of those. Blues bars? Now, that's a much different story but a story worth telling, nonetheless, especially when you are talking about the "World Famous" ...

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