Mississippi's Parchman Farm was once one of the country's most notorious prisons. The University of Mississippi has introduced college-level classes to offer inmates education - including the blues.

In Atlanta's West Midtown, among the gleaming new office and apartment buildings and retail shops, sits a cinderblock tavern emblazoned with beer logos. It stands out like a man wearing dirty overalls at a black tie dinner. This is Northside Tavern, a hub of Atlanta's blues scene that over the years has hosted the likes of the Breeze Kings, Lola Gulley, Sean Costello, Donny McCormick and Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, among countless others. A new documentary celebrates the modest bar's storied past. It's called Northside Tavern: The Mostly True Account of the Golden Age of Atlanta's Most Exquisite Blues Dive.

Lincoln Center observes Juneteenth, now a federal holiday, with "I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me," an ambulatory experience conceived by Carl Hancock Rux.

Beverly 'Guitar' Watkins Tatum died earlier this week. She was 80 years old. Her name might not ring a bell, which is probably why a magazine writer...

On Second Thought discusses the history of 152 Nassau Street, the site of some of county and blues music's earliest recordings, and why the building is...

You're listening to the sultry sounds of singer Gertrude Pridgett. But she's better known as "Ma Rainey: The Mother of the Blues." She recorded over 100...

Singer-songwriter Adia Victoria has a complicated relationship with the South. She felt like an outsider as a young woman of color growing up in the...

Savannah blues musician Victor Wainwright adds two more songs to our Georgia playlist, a collection of the best songs from or about Georgia. Wainwright...

William Bell is one of Georgia’s most venerable musical performers, recording and touring throughout the Southeast during his decades-long career. His...