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 ...

Last week, blues singer-songwriter ZZ Ward brought her original songs to the stage singing with her powerful but unique voice ...

Mamie Smith made history in February 1920 when she became the first African-American singer to record a blues song, That Thing ... playing “the devil’s music”. Enduring legends took hold ...

The department of Arkansas Tourism keeps most of the events free to the public including live music from Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Hubby Jenkins, Essie "The Blues Lady ... ballads (a song that tells ...

“I thought it was fitting to rerelease this song ... called a blues guy; he’s a blues rock guy. And while his style has changed over the 35 years in the business, Jerardi’s music is, without ...