King — better known as B.B. King — was born on a cotton plantation outside tiny Itta Bena, destined to reign as the ...
Nashville, Austin, New Orleans, Chicago, and New York are some of the more notable American locations for music. However, the location that partially gave these places their music: the Mississippi ...
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner. In ...
LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Arkansas Originals, a newly established nonprofit, has unveiled its inaugural program, the Arkansas River Delta Blues Trail. This heritage initiative aims to preserve and ...
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Born and raised in the heart of the Delta, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram was always surrounded by the blues. “ Clarksdale, Mississippi, is a city with a rich blues history and being around it 24/7 ...