Dig deeper into the Delta blues with these documentaries about legendary musicians Robert Johnson, Charley Patton and Howlin' ...

What's received less attention in all the fuss over the blues are the nods to Irish, Choctaw and Chinese culture that the ...

The film, starring Michael B. Jordan, is set in the Depression-era Mississippi Delta and features vampires. The soundtrack blends Delta blues with other musical influences, showcasing the genre's ...

In particular, the film celebrates Delta blues, music made by Black artists “living under a back-breaking form of American apartheid,” and what Coogler describes as “our country’s most ...

“Sinners,” which has topped the box office in first two weeks in theaters, is a horror thriller with vampires set in the Jim ...

Delroy Lindo is the other side of the blues spectrum as Delta Slim, an older man in town who he said recognizes Sammie as the future, “not just musically, but of our culture.” The film’s ...

Sinners – which stars Michael B. Jordan and Buddy Guy – boasts a compelling score that pays tribute to the blues, with a ...

Sinners” filmmaker Ryan Coogler tells IndieWire about his reverence for Irish music and its narrative importance in his ...

The film follows twin brothers Elijah “Smoke ... solace, and resistance. Delta blues music, a style born in the Mississippi Delta region, is central to Sinners‘ atmosphere and plot.

Coogler’s love for Delta blues permeates the film, with a soundtrack of slide guitar and harmonica weaving scenes together. The film’s standout moment occurs when Sammie, jamming with the juke ...

So much of the power of the film comes from the quiet beauty of the Mississippi delta and the timeless importance of blues music that, under Coogler’s steady hand (as well as the film being shot ...

A genre is a shorthand way to describe a story or a song. But as well as a category, it can be a judgment: a tool to elevate some kinds of art and denigrate others. Often the judgment extends ...