Author Matt Chaney, Southeast Missouri State University alumnus, discusses the inspiration for his books, “River Shows, Blues ...

Chenier came to be known as the King of Zydeco. He toured Europe; won a Grammy for his 1982 album, I’m Here! ; performed at ...

By Susannah Broun for The Daily Yonder. Broadcast version by Trimmel Gomes for Mississippi News Connection for the Public ...

Clarksdale, Mississippi, is known as the birthplace of the blues. The small town in the heart of the Mississippi Delta is rich with artistic legend and ...

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The community effort and attention around “Sinners,” a blockbuster horror movie, became an opportunity to talk about ...

Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' is now available to rent or buy on digital platforms, and you can also preorder the Blu-ray, which drops in July.

After all, the seminal Blues tale is of legend Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil at the crossroads of U.S. Highways 49 and 61 in the Delta to be able to play a guitar like no one else.

The amount of skins in Delta Force is overwhelming, but that's not a bad thing. Because Team Jade is always cooking up new skins, like the ones in the Innocence Store event, there's plenty of variety.

The acclaimed writer-director and ‘Sinners’ choreographer Aakomon Jones looked beyond vampires and the blues to make the ... this here ritual,” narrates Delta Slim, an elder bluesman who ...

Dr Stacy Gillis, lecturer in modern and contemporary literature at Newcastle University, says that the romantic comedy has been a "staple of Hollywood since the 1930s" but it's always had a "very ...

The movie is based on the believable theory that music or especially gifted musicians can conjure up magic through their performances.