What we usually think of as Delta blues is one person with a guitar, typically a slide guitar, and that real raw kind of singing. Delta blues grew up into modern Chicago blues. If you listen to ...

Beneath the spectacle of an action-packed vampire movie, the film has plenty to say about what is sacred and what is profane.

After debuting at film festivals in 2024, “James ‘Super Chikan’ Johnson: A Life in Blues” is now available on streaming ...

As the musical form began to evolve, Delta blues artists often worked solo, accompanying themselves on guitar or harmonica. Bottleneck and slide guitar, a rough and rhythmic intensity, and raw ...

let alone with a vintage resonator guitar. But that's what happened when the Oscar-winning Swedish composer got to stir up the blues for Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," the genre-bending vampire film set in ...

The Delta Blues Museum tells the story of sharecroppers turned legends, handmade guitars, and the raw sound that traveled ...

Guitar legend T-Bone Walker ... More than any other musician, Muddy Waters transformed the music of the Delta into modern electric blues. His influence was at the heart of English R&B bands ...

As the story goes, Johnson met the devil at a crossroads and sold his soul in exchange for unparalleled guitar prowess. This perennial fable, rooted in American folklore and the haunting melodies of ...