The Grammys nominated four Mississippi artists for awards that could further show the country why the state is known as the ...

Far removed from music-industry cities like Los Angeles and Nashville, the seeds of American music were sown in Mississippi soil, where the pioneers of blues, country, and rock ‘n’ roll followed dusty ...

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

LOS ANGELES, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Playing For Change, a Certified B Corp (Social Purpose Corporation) and global music collective dedicated to inspiring and connecting the world through music ...

Muddy Waters once sang: "the blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll." But it's more than rock… the blues makes a strong case for itself as the most influential sound in American music ...

Dozens of people showed up at Camp Shelby on Tuesday for two separate celebrations. The camp hosted the 2025 Mississippi ...

Two of Mississippi’s historically Black universities and a promotional group have led recent efforts to keep the state’s musical heritage atop the charts nationally. This latest splurge of notoriety ...

"Good Morning America" will broadcast live from Clarksdale, Mississippi this week, highlight local club, Blues music. Here's ...

It all began in 1946 when "The Music Shop" opened in the front room of James "Jim" and Bertha "Mac" Johnson's home on Main Street in Hattiesburg. Seventy-five years later, the business, now known as ...

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Two Mississippi concert venues are now requiring guests to provide proof they've been vaccinated against COVID-19 or show negative test results. The Lyric and Proud Larry’s in ...

BENTONIA, Miss. (AP) — With callused hands, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes plucks an old acoustic guitar at the juke joint his parents started more than 70 years ago. He checks the cafe’s inventory: jars of ...