This article was written by James Holloway, Special to The Post. Holloway is a writer in the process of moving to Vicksburg, ...

A geologist's vibrant maps reveal how the Mississippi River has wandered across its valley, making it look like a colorful, ...

Few people see the Mississippi River the way John Ruskey does ... He sings us back home with a song he wrote called “Sky is a River”: The tune feels written for just this moment, as the muddy waters ...

The music and cultural festival will host Ben Rector, Blackberry Smoke, and more at the Alton Amphitheater June 27 & 28.

The July 4, 1910 title fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries led to riots, mayhem, murder — and the racially motivated ...

Three friends in Detroit's advertising world teamed up to make a film, "Band on the Run," about a 1999 garage rock group's ...

WHEN John Fogerty walks out on to Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage tomorrow, he will be taking care of unfinished business – in ...

A U.S. Coast Guard veteran, he piloted excursion boats on the Great Lakes before turning to the Mississippi River, where he captained the Belle of Princeton dinner boat out of Princeton, Iowa, in ...

The Doobie Brothers made "Black Water" a B-side. Audiences found it anyway and made it a No. 1 smash hit single.

King’s X are the ultimate cult band – loved by their fans, fellow musicians and the press, but little known by the wider ...