February 18, 2021 | Community Spotlight: Celebrating the Blues in Ripley, MS | By: Abby Armato, Communications Coordinator, NMSC |
The Blues Alley features handcrafted guitar cutouts, benches, and murals of musicians who defined the local blues style. Photo credit: Ripley Main Street Association
These days, Ripley, Mississippi, is all about the blues—the musical kind, that is. To celebrate their local blues heritage, Ripley Main Street Association has been transforming an abandoned alley in their commercial district into an inviting outdoor art gallery and social space. Dubbed the Blues Alley, the Main Street program plans to install murals of local ...