Timothy Ivy Holmes has lately taken on the role of educator, lecturing about Bentonia blues to schools and civic groups in Mississippi and elsewhere, and teaching musicians. The festival that he ...

"Like the Mississippi River it rolls on and on ... who has played bass for numerous famous blues musicians, from Willie King to Charlie Musselwhite. I tell him about my trip and he asks if ...

(WJTV) – A new Mississippi Blues Trail marker honors Blues legend Jesse Robinson. The marker was unveiled outside the Iron Horse Grill on March 20. Fellow musicians, friends, family, and local ...

Our Classic Americana pick this week highlights foundational blues artist and slide-guitar innovator, Son House.

He has had David-and-Goliath triumphs over record companies, extracting copyrights and royalties for blues musicians and their heirs. “In those days,” says James Cotton, the Mississippi-born ...

A new Mississippi Blues Trail Marker is honoring a local blues legend.Visit Mississippi held a ceremony unveiling the marker ...

The Mississippi Delta gave birth to a blues style that links most directly ... accompanying themselves on guitar or harmonica. Bottleneck and slide guitar, a rough and rhythmic intensity, and ...

Guitar legend T-Bone Walker ... Waters was a huge influence in turning the music of the Mississippi Delta into modern-style electric blues In 1920 Mamie Smith became the first African- American ...

But the two guitarists have much in ... and Ingram began gigging around his Mississippi hometown in seventh grade. Both remain heavy hitters in the blues scene, with successful careers, chart ...