Willie Dixon. Born at the Delta’s southern tip in 1915, Willie Dixon followed the Great Migration to Chicago. There, he ...
Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.
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 ...
Göransson and Raphael Saadiq break down their musical collaboration that helped shape Ryan Coogler's blues horror epic ...
As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...
From Blind Willie Johnson to Howlin' Wolf and beyond, Paul McGuinness explores the best blues songs of all time ...
Before the blues filled grand theaters and concert halls, it lived in humble bars, street corners, and juke joints where life ...
"Good Morning America" will broadcast live from Clarksdale, Mississippi this week, highlight local club, Blues music. Here's ...
Mamie Smith set the tone for a new century of sound in global music. The Cincinnati native was the first singer to record the blues. It’s the foundational American music form upon which jazz, country, ...
New to the blues? Here’s what you need to know to get you started. Blues music is a genre that grew out of the American dream. Its roots were firmly planted in the New World before it migrated to ...