Greg Johnson, head of special collections and professor in the UM Libraries, places a record on the Blues Archive’s antique ...

Two of Mississippi’s HBCUs and a promotional group have led recent efforts to keep the state’s musical heritage atop the ...

Looking ahead, Simon and Oriel added they are excited about the future. Simon even has a blues-focused book out this month, an as-told-to autobiography: From the Shadow of the Blues: My Story of Music ...

The Mississippi Delta gave birth to a blues style that links most directly to the work songs and field hollers of slaves on Southern plantations. The slaves brought the musical traditions of their ...