Ralph Eubanks' book "When It’s Darkness on the Delta" is a personal meditation on the region's complex issues. Eubanks explores why political power for the majority of Delta residents has not ...

The blues recordings that came out of the Mississippi Delta from the late 1920s through the late '30s have had an enormous impact on American music, influencing everyone from The Rolling Stones to ...

Tonight is the night. On behalf of our sponsors at Oregon Symphony, "step into a world where the deep, resonant tones of ...

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 ...

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 ...

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...

“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 ...

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From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. MARQUETTE, Iowa — It was just before sunset on the Mississippi River, the day’s last bits of golden ...