There's a song written by the jazz singer Billy Eckstine with Sid Kuller called "Blues, the Mother of Sin" that has always ...

Lyrics about a severely injured World War I ... Göransson’s life after growing up with a father that loved Delta blues. “Me and him were kind of destined to link up, and to have the ...

The scene is a stunning introduction to Miles Caton's prodigious abilities, both as an actor playing the movie's burgeoning Delta blues guitarist ... Combing the lyrics for clues substantiating ...

We were taking a little bit of gospel from here, a little mountain music from over there, a little bit of Delta blues here ... some of the most powerful lyrics in modern country music.

Most may recall hearing their grandparents playing the blues at fish fries, family gatherings, or during weekend cleaning ...

The rootsy soundtrack to the hit vampire film set in a '30s-era Mississippi juke joint is a streaming smash in an era of ...

Robert Mugge has produced and directed documentary feature films about bluegrass and zydeco and reggae; about New Orleans musicians, in exile from Hurricane Katrina; about Hawaiian dance; about the ...

Pete Devine is in his happy place. Best known as a savvy drummer deeply versed in a broad swath of pre-World War II idioms like ragtime, Delta blues, and swing, Devine is at home surrounded by the ...