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Two more Mississippi Blues Trail markers were unveiled in Holly Springs on Wednesday. The markers, located in Blues Alley near 125 N Center Street, memorialize the life and work of R.L. Burnside and David “Junior” Kimbrough, two native musicians who helped popularize hill country blues. “Mississippi is blessed to have...

The Baton Rouge Blues Festival & Foundations 2024 lineup has been finalized.

The 36th annual King Biscuit music festival in Helena-West Helena was again deemed a resounding success. Throngs of blues-lovers from around the world and food vendors from around the region filled Cherry Street and its surrounding blocks over the weekend.

The Sept. 2 installment of Blues by Budweiser saw renowned Holly Springs, Miss., bluesman Robert Kimbrough Sr. and his band The Blues Connection bring their Hill Country sound to the stage of RJs Sports Grill & Bar.

The Blues By Budweiser concert series will feature Robert Kimbrough Sr. at 8 p.m. Sept. 2 at RJs Sports Grill and Bar, 128 S. Main St. The doors will open at 7 p.m.

The Port City Blues Society held the Road to Memphis competition Saturday night between two bands to decide who would represent the Pine Bluff nonprofit in the 39th annual International Blues Challenge held in Memphis each January.

Clarksdale, Mississippi, is the home of the Juke Joint festival, near the site where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul

A dead Villager’s home which is in foreclosure was the subject of a deed compliance hearing Friday before the Community Development District 3 Board of Supervisors at Savannah Center.

Detroit police are asking for help to locate a 65-year-old man who has been missing since last week.