The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The infamous singer and song writer B.B. King has revolutionized the Mississippi ...

The 16th edition of the New York State Blues Fest kicked off just now in Clinton Square in a quite appropriate manner. With his steel guitar, Mark Tolstrup of Saratoga Springs entertained the early ...

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 ...

“The blues is always going to be around because there’ll always be a kid listening to B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan.” — Delta Blues superstar “Kingfish” Ingram, Clarksdale, Ms. It’s far-fetched and ...