Ryan Lee Crosby felt struck by lightning three times in his life. At age 13, when he first picked up a harmonica to play the blues. (“It was a struck-by-lightning moment, where I knew, ‘Oh, I’m going ...

The only trouble with musical revival eras is that it also requires that sounds you love are dying just a little bit more than before you're treated to loving them all over again. On Wednesday night ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original ...

As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, the region’s famous native son B.B. King croons “Why I Sing the Blues” on the radio. Music that sprung from ...

“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’s far-fetched and ...

Principally blues sung by John Hurt accompanying himself on the guitar ; in part with harmonica acc. Title from slipcase. Program notes by Dick Spottswood on slipcase. "Reissued and distributed by the ...

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 ...

Two of Mississippi’s historically Black universities and a promotional group have led recent efforts to keep the state’s musical heritage atop the charts nationally. This latest splurge of notoriety ...

Mississippi Coast hosts a summer slate of music, comedy, art and festival events Twurt Chamberlain to debut on the Coast at historic 100 Men Hall on the Chitlin’ Circuit Colt Ford resumes touring post ...