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Blues

A man sitting down on a rainbow xylophone wearing a red sweatshirt that says "It is what it is... Red's" on it.

Music

Remembering the late juke joint owner Red Paden and a soul-shaking visit to his Clarksdale beacon for blues lovers

Music

Listen to the track from the rising blues artist’s forthcoming sophomore album, The Fatalist

Music

Listen to a sampler and see photos from Playing for the Man at the Door, a stunning collection of field recordings from a blues fanatic

Music

Listen to “I’m Free,” from the eighty-nine-year-old legend’s new album, All My Love for You

Music

The veteran guitarist propels North Mississippi’s distinctive blues into the twenty-first century

Music

After fifty years, his Bentonia Blues Festival is still going strong

Artists

A Hill Country scion and a Delta guitar prodigy keep traditional Mississippi music humming

Music

Mavis Staples, Jason Isbell, Cedric Burnside, and more join brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson on an album steeped in the pair’s Hill Country roots

Arts & Culture

A legendary Mississippi juke joint goes up for auction

Music

Shelby Lynne, Allison Moorer, Warren Haynes, and others come together for a new album paying tribute to Elmore James

First Listen

A new collection of rare archival recordings of ten blues legends

Travel

Southern music history comes alive on the path between Memphis and Muscle Shoals

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Travel

A road trip through the heart of Southern music

Arts & Culture

Immerse yourself in the blues at a new museum in St. Louis

In Memoriam

Remembering the passion and the prowess of the late B. B. King