With his acclaimed interpretations of Delta Blues standards, he was a fixture on the Greenwich Village music scene for ...

Hammond, who was also known as as John P. Hammond or John Hammond Jr., was the son of pioneering producer and talent scout John Henry Hammond Jr. The younger Hammond played guitar in high school and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blues posters, pictures and drawings are displayed for sale at Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art in Clarksdale, MS. The Delta ...

On the final Friday of Black History Month's centennial year, Pine Bluff unveiled the Delta Rhythm & Bayous Blues & Wellness Plaza—the nation's largest outdoor gallery dedicated to Delta music and ...

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 ...

Legendary blues singer and guitarist John Hammond has died aged 83, ending a six-decade career dedicated to preserving and performing traditional blues music.

Safeeyah is a UK-based entertainment journalist with over five year of experience in reporting entertainment news across TV, film, music, securing exclusive interviews with A-List celebrities and ...

A Hazlehurst‑born bluesman whose short life, mysterious death, and 29 recordings rewrote the future of American music.

Friday afternoon, city officials cut the ribbon on the new Delta Rhythm & Bayous Blues & Wellness Plaza. Located on Bobby ...

The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...