The Mississippi River: America’s First Streaming Platform is an Echoes & Footprints podcast series that explores how the Mississippi River carried far more than people and goods—it carried culture. Long before radio, records, or the internet, the river served as a living network through which music, stories, traditions, and ideas flowed between communities. Traveling from New Orleans to the river’s northern reaches, the series reveals how the Mississippi shaped the development of blues, jazz, gospel, country, rock and roll, and countless other musical traditions. By following the river’s course, listeners discover how one of America’s greatest waterways became the original channel for sharing the sounds and stories that continue to influence the nation today.
Each episode is only 5 to 8 inches in duration.