Here are 16 great Delta blues artists. All are Black. Fifteen are men.

Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

Ma Rainey, born Gertrude Pridgett to a touring minstrel family, shaped blues in the early 20th century blending her ...

Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram has announced he’s launching a new label specifically for blues and blues-influenced artists. Red Zero is named after two of the earliest places Ingram played in Clarksdale ...

MS musicians are 2026 Grammy Award nominees. Jamal Roberts, Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, Hayley Williams get nods for ...

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; it's ...

The second single from Bibb's forthcoming album is named after Muddy Waters, and he and guitarist Robbie McIntosh put on a ...

However, on IV, released in 1971, Led Zeppelin were ready to explore blues more curiously and with more historical closeness.

Nominees for the blues world’s top honors have been announced. Presented by the Memphis-based Blues Foundation, the Blues Music Awards “honor the past year’s exceptional achievements in blues music ...

Ron Teamer poses next to one of his many electric guitars. The Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival was created as a place for a small group of influential blues artists from northeast Kansas ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WSPA) — A huge blues festival in Western North Carolina is bringing in top musicians and supporting Hurricane Helene relief efforts. The Black Mountain Blues Festival is back for ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — News 13 has learned through the Artists Music Guild that local Blue's musician Kat Williams has died ...