Etta Baker, 93, an influential blues guitarist who was honored by the National Endowment for the Arts, died Saturday in Fairfax, Va., her family said. The cause of death was not announced, but she had ...

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GREENVILLE, Miss. — I recently moved to the heart and soul of the Mississippi Delta, the birthplace of the blues. Signs of this rich music heritage are all around me in this part of the state — the ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Smithsonian curator John Troutman and blues musician Dom Flemons about a new folk album, Playing for the Man at the Door, from late chronicler Mack McCormick's collection.