Since 2004 Mississippi Delta Blues Inc. has been providing management, booking and promotion to musicians. Mississippi Delta Records has released several albums on musicians we work with. We work to document the blues music and the life's work of our mu
(YepRoc2019) reached #4 on the Billboard Blues charts and received 5 stars from Rolling Stone magazine. Songs from the album were also featured on NPR with regular airplay on the BBC reaching as high as #10 on the UK’s top 40 Americana charts. They have toured Europe, Canada and ...
64. The blues songs used to tell about. A.the funny life of singers B.the happy life of black musicians C.the lonely life of black people D.the hard life of black people 65. Why did black people often get together at some drinking places in the early1900s A.They were fond of ...
C.Traditional blues songs were handed down by word of mouth. D.In recent years, there has been a revival of interest in the Blues. E.It came to a sudden end due to the Great Depression around 1930. F. Charley Patton is generally considered to be the first Delta blues star. G.They ...
Best States Mississippi Sets an Execution Date for a Man Who's Been on Death Row Since 1976 The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25 Associated PressMay 1, 2025...
The rhythms and words were a combination of African songs, church hymns, and work chants. Eventually, they blended together to become the Delta Blues.Frook, Diane BaileyAppleseeds
Patton died when he was only 50, and left a legacy of a mere 35 recorded blues songs. But his musical influence has been immense. Evans concludes that he “was truly the Masked Marvel,” whose “fame lives today, not only undiminished but grown greater.”...
on own, with their wives and children living far from home. On the weekends, the workers got together at picnics or drinking places. Traveling black musicians with guitars entertained them. The musicians sang songs about the difficult life of the workers. These songs were called the blues. ...
People sang spirituals at church and work songs in the fields to make the days go by. Over time,this music developed into what people now call “the blues”.As the blues grew in popularity, musicians began to perform around the Delta. Some, like B. B. King or John Lee Hooker, would...
“He felt like the blues was the king, and it was his responsibility to keep it king,” Coleman said as he entered the church. A children’s choir based at the B.B. King Museum clapped as they sang gospel songs, including one with the chorus: “Let’s all get together, bring...