Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TUPELO — Summer is knocking on the door, and with it, members of the Mississippi June Bugs Literary & Musical Society are issuing ...

Music from the United States has been a global pop culture force for practically 100 years. What makes American music history so interesting is how much the genres change from region to region. For an ...

Some of the most soul-stirring towns in Mississippi come alive along the legendary Blues Trail, especially in summer. From smoky juke joints and historic birthplaces to small-town museums and roadside ...

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 ...

On the surface, downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi, looks largely the same as it did decades ago: a collection of historic brick buildings lining wide avenues faded to postcard sepia. But local Bubba ...

"This book was published with the assistance of the H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Fund of the University of North Carolina Press"--T.p. verso. Contents Blues roots. Rose Hill : Mary Gordon ; ...