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Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan continue to not miss in their fifth collaboration, a vampire movie that’s at its best when ...
Long the topic of debate as to rock 'and' roll's origins, one Delta blues legend Howlin' Wolf record has been put forward as the genre's first possible cut.
That is when Robert Johnson transmogrified into the King of the Delta Blues. During those crucial seven months when he laid down his recorded gospel, he was an anomaly, but death managed to neatly ...
Sinners is a film made with soul. It’s the kind of story that will inspire conversations, analysis, maybe even college ...
(2015), the basis for the recent Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” and “Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues” (2005). The idea that the church considered ...
It was here, 90 miles north of Bentonia, that a handful of sharecroppers—Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and Howlin’ Wolf, among them—pioneered the art form. Delta blues is widely considered ...
The Southern United States is the birthplace of the world's most beloved music, and this road trip lets you experience that ...
This compilation captures Freddie King’s powerful guitar work and soulful vocals ... and the enduring human spirit that lies at the heart of the blues. From the haunting Delta blues of Robert Johnson ...
Explore what Mississippi is famous for, from Delta Blues to Elvis Presley, and the warm culture of the Magnolia State.
Lane Nichols takes a luxury cruise down the mighty Mississippi River and falls in love with New Orleans jazz music, Delta blues and ... to the fabled B.B. King Blues Club for front row balcony ...
PETERSBURG – The Tampa Bay Blues Foundation ... and soulful Delta swamp blues, acquiring a devoted legion of fans along the way, as well as five Blues Music Awards, including BB King Entertainer ...
Muddy again played the Delta blues ... song by Robert Lee McCollum (at Muddy’s urging) for Aristocrat in 1949. The song dated back to 1930, but Nighthawk’s version inspired BB King to cover ...