TUNICA, Miss. (AP) — In cotton country a couple miles east of the Mississippi River, just off a road known as the blues highway, fourth graders at Tunica Elementary School are exploring the Delta's ...

“The blues is always going to be around because there’ll always be a kid listening to B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan.” — Delta Blues superstar “Kingfish” Ingram, Clarksdale, Ms. It’s far-fetched and ...

(WLOX) - Mississippi is considered the birthplace of the blues. The unique form of music draws people from around the world to the state. Born in the Delta with legends like Muddy Waters, John Lee ...

Most would say it's the humidity that makes the Mississippi air feel so thick. I believe it's the ghosts. Ghosts haunt Mississippi with stories, lifetimes of stories — told with words, or in song over ...

Bill Luckett is keenly aware that his home state is a punch line. The mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi, and longtime attorney shakes his head over the stereotype of a state filled with backwards ...