Nashville, Austin, New Orleans, Chicago, and New York are some of the more notable American locations for music. However, the location that partially gave these places their music: the Mississippi ...

Blues grew from Delta labor life, then spread along river and rail routes into bigger stages and wider audiences. The post ...

Music from the United States has been a global pop culture force for practically 100 years. What makes American music history so interesting is how much the genres change from region to region. For an ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner. In ...