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New project in US South promotes music “triangle”

Roger Stolle, owner of Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store, talks about how a new project called the “Americana Music Triangle” will help attract tourists and spur music-related preservation efforts on Thursday, April 30, 2015 in Clarksdale, Miss. The Americana Music Triangle seeks to promote locations that contributed to the birth of nine of America’s most well-known music genres in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama.(AP Photo/Adrian Sainz) Roger Stolle, owner of Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store, talks about how a new project called the “Americana Music Triangle” will help attract tourists and spur music-related preservation efforts on Thursday, April 30, 2015 in Clarksdale, Miss. The Americana Music Triangle seeks to promote locations that contributed to the birth of nine of America’s most well-known music genres in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama.(AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

By Associated Press May 2, 2015 1 min read

CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) – Blues. Jazz. Country. Rock n’ roll. Gospel. Southern Gospel. Cajun-zydeco. Soul/ R&B. Bluegrass.

Nine of America’s most well-known music genres now have their own road map.

A group of preservationists, historians and music lovers have come up with the “Americana Music Triangle.”

Stretching from Nashville to Memphis to New Orleans – and encompassing points in between – the triangle includes locations that contributed to the birth of the musical genres in the U.S. South.

Destinations are connected by the so-called “Gold Record Road,” which is made up of Interstate 40 from Nashville to Memphis, Highway 61 from Memphis to New Orleans, and the Natchez Trace Parkway from Nashville to Natchez, Mississippi.

Travelers planning road trips can use a flashy web guide pinpointing and describing the destinations in the triangle.