Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CLARKSDALE, Mississippi — On a summer Saturday in the Mississippi Delta, Australia “Honey Bee” Jones sat calm and reserved in a ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Blues are back at LeClaire Park in Davenport for the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival. The festival was canceled last year after rainouts in 2022 and 2023 left the Mississippi ...

In the early years of the 20th century, a young and struggling Mississippi native who longed to master the blues guitar stood at the crossroads outside Clarksdale, Mississippi, and made a deal with ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The 42nd Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade & Festival will take place in downtown Jackson on March 22, 2025. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Hey, Hey, The Blues is All Green,” ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Blues fans crowded downtown Davenport to listen to live music at the 40th Annual Mississippi Valley Blues Festival on Friday and Saturday. National and regional bands did their ...

For the past 10 years, the Mississippi Valley Blues Society has auctioned a guitar at the end of their annual Blues Fest. This year, that guitar has a more dramatic backstory. On May 22, a fire ...

The King Biscuit Blues Festival on Cherry Street in downtown Helena-West Helena is back, a little leaner this year, but scrappy as ever. The 2025 version has been scaled back to two days, Friday and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The best blues festival west of the Mississippi is just kicking off this Fourth of July. The events of the Waterfront Blues Festival begin Friday morning at Tom McCall ...

They don’t call Mississippi the Birthplace of America’s Music for nothing! 🎶 This spring, the state is coming alive with a lineup that celebrates the sounds of soulful blues, modern country, rock, ...