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Ryan Coogler's Sinners creates a mythology all its own, but takes inspiration from the real-life legend of a blues musician ...
Ryan Coogler's mesmerizing Sinners is gloriously steeped in the blues: Among the most obvious nods to the form are the names ...
A look into how the blues evolved from harrowing roots and the song that highlights that history the best, Geeshie Wiley's ...
There was a time when Black creatives could simply be grateful for the opportunity to make something, but that wasn’t true ...
Bonnie Raitt became Guitar Player's first female cover star. "I hate to be called a blues singer or a folkie," she said.
Sammie plays “This Little Light of Mine” on the guitar with a blues flourish. He finishes the song, and then he looks up. We don’t see what he is looking at. The camera only looks at his face, so what ...
In Deep by Andy Aledort OPEN WATERS These last few columns have been dedicated to exploring soloing approaches to the Muddy ...
Get ready to moonwalk down memory lane! From synth-pop sensations to rock anthems, we're celebrating the most iconic tracks ...
The band Slow Teeth (Justin Ellis, Robert Chamberlain, and Jeremy Haire) stopped by Live & Local, following the release of ...
Ryan Coogler’s vampires ’n’ blues thriller Sinners is everything Hollywood tells us the masses don’t want: Set a hundred ...
College basketball's transfer portal is closed to new entries, and many familiar contenders and top coaches have done ...
The following is a conversation between Robert Daniels and Odie Henderson conducted over email about Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” a Southern Gothic horror flick starring Michael B Jordan in the dual ...