Ryan Coogler is explaining how hip-hop is the lifeblood of his hit vampire flick Sinners. In an interview with Rolling Stone, ...

Lukather might have made his name in box-office rock and pop, but the blues underpins it all, and this quick-fire tutorial ...

Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, and Robert Cray got together for Showdown! – a bona-fide blues classic, and, as Cray tells ...

Rekha Bhardwaj values live performances for their unique energy and appreciates the intimacy of studio singing, where ...

The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner.

This 2016 documentary from Sam Pollard and narrated by Common, tells how two different sets of white music fans tracked down nearly forgotten 1930s blues legends Skip James and Son House in 1964 ...

The 46th Blues Music Awards were held in Memphis, Tennessee on May 8th. Mississippi artists Mr. Sipp, Eden Brent, and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram won key awards. Awards were given for ...

Quinn Bishop, owner of Houston's Cactus Music record store, says he has been hearing a lot of chatter about the film in his store. "It's Houston and blues is always a strong seller. But lots of ...

Blues After School connects young people to the music and history of West Baton Rouge Parish and neighboring parishes. The Juke Joint Juniors’ repertoire includes “Rainin’ In My Heart” by ...

Coogler thus uses two forms of traditional music – African-American blues and Irish folk – as a way to illuminate the respective painful colonial pasts that the humans and the vampires share.

“In addition to the hemoglobin vampires crave, Sinners has music flowing through its veins, starting with the blues that Sammie [Miles Caton] and respected local musician Delta Slim (Delroy ...