SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - The number 200 has a significant meaning in the Magnolia State this year. Mississippi is celebrating its bicentennial. The state also recently unveiled its 200th Mississippi ...

“Ludwig was right there with me, every step of the way,” Coogler says of the Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer. “Ryan and Ludwig wanted to see the Mississippi Delta, so I took ’em to Clarksdale, went ...

How did forgotten towns give rise to the most unforgettable sound in American history? Along Mississippi’s Blues Trail, sorrow became survival, and every chord still carries the weight of its origins.

Memphis music pioneer and Mississippi native Rufus Thomas will be honored Monday with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail during a ceremony in Byhalia.Thomas, a native of Cayce, Miss., and who ...

Many towns and cities along the Blues Trail have planned festivals, exhibitions and live music to mark the 100th birthday of the homegrown musical legend. The seemingly endless cotton fields and ...