Racers were in downtown Jackson early Saturday morning getting ready for the Mississippi Blues Marathon.One of the first racers registering Saturday morning was Tom Perry from Minnesota. Perry ran his ...

Moon Travel Guides created a travel bucket list for all 50 states. See the Top 3 Mississippi spots that will make your trip ...

Morgan Freeman brings Mississippi blues and symphony together in a unique Ravinia concert. Here’s when it’s happening.

In Greenwood, Mississippi, you can’t go anywhere without seeing signs for the Blues Deejays, Baptist Town, Elks Lodge, Furry Lewis, Guitar Slim, Hubert Sumlin, the WGRM radio station and Robert ...

WELL, HE TELLS US THIS. >> THIS COULD BE THE HOTTEST MARATHON EVER IN THE 16 YEAR HISTORY OF THE BLUES MARATHON. >> NOW, RUNNERS, AS YOU SAID, ARE ACCUSTOMED TO TEMPERATURES IN THE THIRTIES AND ...

Discover the real roots of the blues across Mississippi’s towns, fields, and juke joints that still carry the sound of history.

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 ...

TUNICA, Miss. — In cotton country a couple of miles east of the Mississippi River, off a road known as the blues highway, fourth-graders at Tunica Elementary School are exploring ...

Mississippi Blues Commission. Share. Rosedale Delta blues pioneer Charley Patton was the first to sing about Rosedale, the geographic muse of artists like Eric Clapton and Robert Johnson.

A drive along the Mississippi Blues Trail — more of a blues blur, if you look at a map of all 186 sites — is a meandering journey into an important part of American history just beginning to ...

This audio is no longer available. The Mississippi Blues Project, produced by WXPN in Philadelphia, is a yearlong endeavor that showcases the rich musical heritage of the Magnolia State. From R.L ...