Blues music arose from hardship. It offered solace. The article lists ten essential blues tracks. These songs capture raw ...

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

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 ...

Polygon spoke to Simon Green, aka Bonobo, over the phone last week to talk about his experience working with Watanabe, his ...

This article was published in partnership with Scalawag, a publication centering Black folks in the South. Subscribe to its ...

The following is a conversation between Robert Daniels and Odie Henderson conducted over email about Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners, ...

There was a time when Black creatives could simply be grateful for the opportunity to make something, but that wasn’t true ...

Ryan Coogler's mesmerizing Sinners is gloriously steeped in the blues: Among the most obvious nods to the form are the names ...

I saw traces of my own blood in IMAX on Easter. Watching Ryan Coogler’s Sinners on Resurrection Sunday was more of a ...

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

Göransson found a 1932 Dobro Cyclops, which became the hero slide guitar for the surreal musical tribute to the blues, which ...