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 ...

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 greatest blues, rock and metal songs of all time have one thing in common: a slamming guitar riff that elevates the song to iconic status. Guitar World knew that when it placed ZZ Top's La Grange ...

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 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 ...

Blues music and romance share an intimate relationship that has resonated through generations, making the genre the ultimate soundtrack for love’s complicated journey. From smoky nightclubs to quiet ...

The fusion subgenre known as blues rock came together in the early 1960s in the US and UK. It didn’t really kick off in a massive way until the late 1960s and early 1970s, during which some of the ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

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 ...