Ian Harper found a sweet spot to expose kids to the blues in a summer music program. It came in connecting a musical genre that grew out of the cotton fields of the Deep South to today's popular music ...
"I think the blues will always be around. People need it," guitar legend Johnny Winter famously said. And his words couldn't be more true than in Mississippi. Blues music has been passed down through ...
Ken Tucker reviews Robert McCormick's Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey, and Robert Mugge's Notes from the Road: A Filmmaker's Journey Through American Music. This is FRESH AIR.
The 46th Blues Music Awards were held in Memphis, Tennessee on May 8th. Mississippi artists Mr. Sipp, Eden Brent, and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram won key awards. Awards were given for categories such ...