INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...

MEMPHIS — Another untimely turnover and sloppy tackling doomed the Arkansas Razorbacks to a devastating defeat again on Saturday. Memphis won the turnover battle 3-2 by forcing a game-clinching fumble ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1912, William Christopher Handy’s “Memphis Blues of Mister Crump”, went on sale in Memphis. Although the first 1,000 copies sold out in three days, Handy was told that the song ...

For blues fans, this is the week when everyone can exhale. All the world of blues has just brought their best game to Memphis. The International Blues Challenge (IBC) has been completed, the winners ...

Houston High School sophomore Elijah Jones was recently selected to join the prestigious Memphis Blues Drum Corps. Jones, a trumpet player, was among several students from multiple states auditioning ...

The blues took form in the Mississippi Delta and nearby river towns, where Black workers used song to mark time, trade news, and voice grief under Jim Crow rules. Travel to these places adds context ...

While January might seem like a spare time for events, in Memphis, Tennessee, the month is the beginning of the world famous International Blues Challenge. Hosted by The Blues Foundation, the ...