As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

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 ...

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 ...

Marin is something of a sacred place for Derek Trucks, and not just because he and his wife, singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi and their 12-piece blues band, are headlining Saturday’s Sound Summit ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Jan. 4, 2022. Click here for that audio. On the new album “Delta Kream,” The Black Keys are, as the song says, “Goin' Down South.” Guitar and vocalist ...

Roots music lovers can get a double-shot of the blues in a workshop and concert Saturday at The Saratoga County Arts Council’s Arts Center at 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Beginning at 4 p.m., Mark ...