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Dig deeper into the Delta blues with these documentaries about legendary musicians Robert Johnson, Charley Patton and Howlin' ...
Denizens of Clarksdale, Mississippi – which serves as inspiration for the setting of the Michael B. Jordan-starring film ...
As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, the region’s famous native son B.B. King croons “Why I Sing the Blues” on the radio. Music that ...
“Sinners,” written and directed by Ryan Coogler (“Black Panther,” “Creed”), is an inventive new film set in 1932 Clarksdale, Mississippi. Sinking its teeth into the history of the rural South and the ...
BB King left behind the racism of rural Mississippi to become the King Of The Blues. Here's his incredible story in his own ...
The Royal Studios owner did it again on May 2, assembling an all-star lineup of Mississippi blues musicians to deliver a blues performance like no other at RiverBeat Music Festival at Tom Lee Park in ...
Ryan Coogler’s film ‘Sinners’ masterfully blends supernatural and man-made horrors that are rooted deep in the history of the ...
Discovery. In it, 1930s Mississippi is seen as a burgeoning and fertile place where blues music is created, as characters perform in moving cars and a juke joint is thrown together for the ...
Composer Ludwig Göransson made 'the devil's music' with the 1932 Dobro Cyclops, which was used in for the surreal musical tribute to the blues.
One of the world’s great rivers, the mighty Mississippi is storied in American culture, history and identity. It’s where ...
Mississippi artists Mr. Sipp ... was one of the evening’s big winners. Brooks took home trophies for Song of the Year and Contemporary Blues Album, for his “Blues in My DNA.” ...
The Warner Brothers movie "Sinners" is introducing to a new generation to the importance of blues and juke joints in a 1930s ...