Learning real blues from the real bluesmen in the place where it all began.

Katie Urbaszewski reports from Clarksdale, Mississippi.

Noble & Cooley are still the drum-makers of choice for rock stars, children, and old soldiers.

Story and photography by Robert Stewart.

You can put God into the music.
But you can’t take the music out of the man.

By Steve Heath.

Elvis and his worldly belongings.

By Sean McNamara.
Photography by Elle Maloney.

This is the real thing: Blues, R&B, and even air guitar have roots here.

Poor Monkey’s of Merigold, Mississippi reviewed by Steve Heath.
Wild Bill’s Social Club of Memphis, Tennessee reviewed by Sean David Hobbs.