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 Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...

Jimmy “Duck” Holmes plays his guitar in front of the Blue Front Café in Bentonia, Miss. As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore ...

Big Blue Sky members Sophia Landis, left, Jon Stravers, Folko Landvogt and Jason McCullick perform (and Willow, the boat captain’s dog, listens) during a Sept. 13 music cruise on the Mississippi River ...

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 ...

MARQUETTE, Iowa - It was just before sunset on the Mississippi River, the day's last bits of golden light dancing on the water, when four members of the band Big Blue Sky picked up their instruments ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blues posters, pictures and drawings are displayed for sale at Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art in Clarksdale, MS. The Delta ...