As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods; it's ...
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 ...
Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Jan. 4, 2022. Click here for that audio. On the new album “Delta Kream,” The Black Keys are, as the song says, “Goin' Down South.” Guitar and vocalist ...
The Mississippi Delta gave birth to a blues style that links most directly to the work songs and field hollers of slaves on Southern plantations. The slaves brought the musical traditions of their ...
CLARKSDALE, Miss. — Bluesman Robert Johnson played the guitar with such genius that legend has it his talent was a gift from the devil in exchange for the musician's soul. That deal was done, ...
Delta blues guitarist David "Honeyboy" Edwards is one of the few living links to the mythic bluesman Robert Johnson. If playing with the man who (as legend has it) sold his soul to devil wasn't enough ...
The film “Anacostia Delta: Home of the World’s Great ‘Unknown’ Guitarists” promises to shed light on the lasting influence of guitarist Danny Gatton and the music of D.C. and Prince George’s County ...
EXCLUSIVE: Terrence Howard has reversed his decision to retire and is to star alongside Evan Ross in a television drama about the Mississippi blues from Ozark producer Zero Gravity Management. Empire ...
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