Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CLARKSDALE, Mississippi — On a summer Saturday in the Mississippi Delta, Australia “Honey Bee” Jones sat calm and reserved in a ...

This year's festival headliners earned their status.

Blues legend Bobby Rush and other Mississippi blues musicians performed at the RiverBeat Music Festival in Memphis. Rush, 91, energized the crowd with his harmonica playing and classic blues songs.

DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Blues are back at LeClaire Park in Davenport for the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival. The festival was canceled last year after rainouts in 2022 and 2023 left the Mississippi ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — A longtime music festival is returning to Davenport this September. The Mississippi Valley Blues Society's Blues Fest will take place Sept. 19 and Sept. 20. This year's event is a ...

Often hailed as the “Birthplace of America’s Music,” Mississippi has produced some of the most influential musicians and sounds, from the blues to rock ‘n’ roll and country music. And every year, when ...

In the early years of the 20th century, a young and struggling Mississippi native who longed to master the blues guitar stood at the crossroads outside Clarksdale, Mississippi, and made a deal with ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The best blues festival west of the Mississippi is just kicking off this Fourth of July. The events of the Waterfront Blues Festival begin Friday morning at Tom McCall ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The National Folk Festival announced six additional artists appearing at the 82nd National Folk Festival in downtown Jackson from November 7-9, the first year of the event’s ...