MinnPost

Rollin’ on the river: How the Mississippi flows through song and still inspires today

From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. MARQUETTE, Iowa — It was just before sunset on the Mississippi River, the day’s last bits of golden ...
AOL

We followed the music of the blues from 'the most Southern place on earth'

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 ...
WESA

Mississippi Delta Blues: American Cornerstone

The blues recordings that came out of the Mississippi Delta from the late 1920s through the late '30s have had an enormous impact on American music, influencing everyone from The Rolling Stones to ...
AOL

Raised in the Mississippi Delta, the blues shaped music for generations

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Rollin' on the river: How the Mississippi flows through American music, and inspires to this day

MARQUETTE, Iowa - It was just before sunset on the Mississippi River, the day's last bits of golden light dancing on the water, when four members of the band Big Blue Sky picked up their instruments ...
WWNO

Rollin’ on the river: How the Mississippi flows through song and still inspires today

MARQUETTE, Iowa - It was just before sunset on the Mississippi River, the day's last bits of golden light dancing on the water, when four members of the band Big Blue Sky picked up their instruments ...