Sammie plays “This Little Light of Mine” on the guitar with a blues flourish. He finishes the song, and then he looks up. We ...

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The legendary Robert Johnson, a blues icon, whose life story of struggle and talent, particularly the myth of a deal with the ...

Ryan Coogler's newest movie, Sinners explores the history of spirituality and western religion through the lens of ...

Ryan Coogler's Sinners creates a mythology all its own, but takes inspiration from the real-life legend of a blues musician ...