The music of African Americans is one of the most poetic and inescapable ... TN Smithsonian American Art Museum Rhythmic Blues National Museum of African American History and Culture Costume worn by ...

creating many musical innovations Muddy Waters was a huge influence in turning the music of the Mississippi Delta into modern-style electric blues In 1920 Mamie Smith became the first African ...

Combined with the African rhythms, these musical styles were the foundation of blues. The Delta blues, first recorded in the 1920s, was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in ...

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 ...

The influence of African music is widespread. Elements can be heard in blues, gospel, jazz and Latin American music due to the historic movement of African slaves to the Americas. Millions of ...

We spoke to Robert Randolph, The Teskey brothers, Taj Farrant and , Kanchan Daniel, about the past and future of blues.

Music Festival festival returns this year to celebrate women in blues, on Monday, March 10, at PERSA, Perseverance Hotel in ...

The music of African Americans is one of the most poetic and inescapable ... TN Smithsonian American Art Museum Rhythmic Blues National Museum of African American History and Culture Costume worn by ...