Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North.

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Phil and Linda Oliveira are certain that music makes an impact. For more than a decade, the couple has put on the Blues Festival in Albuquerque. The couple also runs the Freedom in Music Project, ...

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...