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Amidst a film full of musical mysticism, Southern folklore, and vampire horror, one character stands head and shoulders above the rest, not only as a side character but as the soulful pulse of Sinners ...
Next to the banks of the Mississippi River is the Delta region, a land that feels removed from America. A distinct culture ...
With Still Shakin', North Mississippi Allstars hearken to their roots in more ways than one. Its title a specific reference ...
The community effort and attention around “Sinners,” a blockbuster horror movie, became an opportunity to talk about ...
"Ludwig was right there with me, every step of the way," Coogler says of the Oscar- & Grammy-winning composer.
The Chicago Blues Festival brings out the best in the local scene all weekend—and here are a few dozen shows to prove it.
Richard Kurin, now a distinguished scholar at the Smithsonian, remembers Long during the 1990 Festival of American Folklife. In one tent, Long was telling tourists, “We’re in a church in Mississippi, ...
How Philly blues guitarist Randy Bowland taught Hollywood breakout star, Miles Caton, to play the slide guitar for the film ...
North Mississippi All-Stars frontman Luther Dickinson started recording the songs on the band’s new album, Still Shakin’, in ...
The streets of downtown Ripley will be filled with sounds of great music, the smells of food trucks and a rib cook off, and ...
"Sinners" is streaming online now, and it'll be on DVD in July. The film starring Michael B. Jordan as twins is set in ...
The 2025 edition of the Chicago Blues Festival has one of the stronger lineups in recent memory—its mix of hallowed veterans ...