Before he arrived at the Old Joliet Prison south of Chicago, now the Joliet Area Historical Museum, Erik Devereux made sure his ensemble was in appropriate Blues Brothers order. The basics weren’t a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DURAND — Dan Callan reminisced about the origins of Blues on the Chippewa as the event prepares for its 18th anniversary. Callan, ...
Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman was in Clarksdale, Mississippi, 25 years ago when some out-of-towners asked where they could hear blues music. Freeman and his business partners, then-Mayor Bill ...
It doesn't take a Hollywood screenwriter to picture a young Raphael Saadiq as Sammie. Like the blues progeny at the center of Sinners, the box-office breaking vampire horror, Saadiq found himself ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. A still from 'The Blues Society.' Mention the historic music festivals ...
Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North. Sheer joy of ...
Based in Baton Rouge since last year, 28-year-old Ruston native Harrell has already achieved career milestones. His ...