Vampires come to Clarksdale, Mississippi – the birthplace of the Blues – in director Ryan Coogler's most recent film, 'Sinners.' ...

Their cousin Sammie, a pastor's son known as Preacher Boy (played by newcomer Miles Caton), is an aspiring musician; his ...

The rootsy soundtrack to the hit vampire film set in a '30s-era Mississippi juke joint is a streaming smash in an era of ...

But how well he played the harmonica. The traces of the blues are perceptible in Sinners even when the music isn’t playing. For example: one character asks another, “How are you?” and the response is, ...

Blues isn't simply the mother of sin; it is a nexus point along the continuum of Black music, birthing so many modern forms. In Sinners, vampires are the ultimate culture vultures, with the "soul ...

Blues isn't simply the mother of sin; it is a nexus point along the continuum of Black music, birthing so many modern forms. In Sinners, vampires are the ultimate culture vultures, with the "soul" in ...

Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan as the twins Smoke and ... But in another sense, the flash-forward feels crucial to Sammie's story. In his commitment to the blues, you can read the music as an urtext ...

Writer and director Ryan Coogler's new period drama Sinners is a blues movie that understands this inherently ... The devil is a recurring figure in many songs, his influence a precursor to sin on ...

American Christianity gradually moved to deem Hoodoo demonic, and eventually, the secular nature of Blues music with its raw, melancholic subject matter earned the same label. Sinners highlights ...