Morgan Freeman wants to immerse Bay Area music fans in the sounds of his home state of Mississippi. The actor, who turns 88 ...

One of the world’s great rivers, the mighty Mississippi is storied in American culture, history and identity. It’s where ...

BB King left behind the racism of rural Mississippi to become the King Of The Blues. Here's his incredible story in his own ...

As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, the region’s famous native son B.B. King croons “Why I Sing the Blues” on the radio. Music that sprung from ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Delta Air Lines will launch nonstop service between Memphis International Airport and New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sept. 8, 2025, the company announced.

In particular, the film celebrates Delta blues, music made by Black artists ... due to the fact that these Black musicians weren’t allowed to tour in the U.S., some of the British musicians ...

The soundtrack blends Delta blues with other musical influences ... and Mitchell led them on a several-days musical tour of Memphis and the Delta, with visits to clubs, tourist attractions ...

Jordan plays Smoke and Stack, twin brothers who return to their hometown in the 1930s Mississippi Delta ... of the blues, even taking a trip to Memphis to do a research tour with his father ...

And despite his background — growing up in Linköping, Sweden, in the 1980s — Göransson was practically baptized in American blues music. His father worshipped guitarists from the Delta and ...

Blues pioneers and today’s virtuosos have all found their way to this ungentrified Mississippi Delta city 130km southwest of Memphis, Tennessee. The Delta Blues Museum and the BB King Museum ...

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...