Writer and musician Emma John travels south to find the beat—and birthplace—of a special kind of Mississippi music.

Blues has been called the first truly American music. The colour blue has described melancholy and depression since Elizabethan times, but as a musical form its style was born from the experiences ...

Lonnie Johnson’s ‘Blues & Ballads’ and Mississippi John Hurt’s ‘Today!’ are set to be reissued courtesy of Bluesville Records ...

That's right, folks, half a century of nurturing Austin's vibrant live music scene and bringing the blues to the masses. To ...

Whether people buy into the Johnson story or not, visitors to Clarksdale may stand at the “Crossroads” sign where DeSoto ...