Jazz and blues are types of music that can trace their roots back to the early 20th Century, in the southern United States. Jazz was very popular as it was a fresh, new sound. Different styles of ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods ...

More than any other musician, Muddy Waters transformed the music of the Delta into modern electric blues. His influence was at the heart of English R&B bands such as the Rolling Stones ...