Blues and more come alive in the Mississippi Delta JavaScript in your web browser. Please Go Blues and more come alive in the Mississippi Delta Blues and more come alive in the Mississippi Delta | Sunday, March 07, 2021 Downtown Cleveland in the Mississippi Delta. | Dennis Lennox The Mississippi Delta, a swath of northwest Mississippi in the shadow of its namesake river, is home to small Southern towns, the regional cuisine you expect and an outsized legacy that ranges from a seminal Civil War battle to an entire genre of music. My trip started after flying into Jackson, the state capital. After picking up a rental car I drove about two hours to Cleveland, a charming town that dates to cotton and railroads.