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100 Mississippi River Songs: A Great River Road Playlist
When planning our Great River Road trip, I pondered what Mississippi River songs might be out there. To me every good road ...
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Rollin’ on the river: How the Mississippi flows through song and still inspires today
In song, he and Landis rhapsodized ... Perhaps no style of music is as intertwined with the Mississippi River as the delta blues, rooted in the musical traditions of enslaved Black Americans ...
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16 songs inspired by the Mississippi River by Johnny Cash, Tina Turner, Eric Church and more
Today, these are the songs I cue up when I head out on the Great River Road, a national scenic byway that follows the Mississippi almost 3,000 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
First-ever National Mississippi River Day frames the river as 'the great connector'
Gov. Tony Evers signed a proclamation declaring June 2 National Mississippi River Day in Wisconsin, saying the river helps ...
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Rollin' on the river: How the Mississippi flows through American music, and inspires to this day
They endured the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927, which killed hundreds and displaced almost 640,000 people from Illinois to Louisiana. Many songs were written about this historic disaster ...
Texas Public Radio4d
Canoeing the 'mighty queen' Mississippi River
To John Ruskey, the Mississippi River is “a creative force” that sculpts the landscape and rejuvenates the people who ...
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New Alton mural highlights Mississippi River Festival slogan
Ben Rector and Blackberry Smoke headline 2025 Mississippi River Festival in Alton ...