Jackson is the first city in Mississippi to serve as a host city and will host the National Folk Festival from 2025 to 2027. The capital city was chosen out of 42 competing cities ...

There is a Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival, a museum ... A journey through blues and folk revival ...

Blues Disciples interviews Ms. Augusta Palmer, director of "The Blues Society ... Augusta reflects on her discovery of rare ...

Among the blues greats who appeared during the festival’s run included Furry Lewis, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Nathan Beauregard, Bukka White and the Rev. Robert Wilkins. Filmmaker Augusta ...

Visit Mississippi has unveiled a Mississippi Blues Trail Marker at Liverpool’s Iconic Cavern Club. This historic marker will be the first permanent marker in the UK, symbolising the musical ...

"A tidy primer for the uninitiated" ...

Entergy Mississippi celebrated a brighter energy future for customers at a groundbreaking ceremony of the company’s newly ...

Entergy Mississippi has broken ground on a power station that ultimately will help power 385,000 homes across its 45-county service area.

The annual New Orleans Zydeco Festival is returning to Crescent Park on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are ...

Workshops are $20-$30 and are led by festival performers like Holmes, who runs the oldest surviving running juke joint in Mississippi and is the last of the Bentonia School of Blues, which ...

Enslaved people would sing work songs while working the plantations and religious spirituals in church. Combined with the African rhythms, these musical styles were the foundation of blues.