Memphis music producer Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell recruited area musicians to contribute what he calls “authentic” sounds to the ...

Ryan Coogler has struck gold with his new Southern gothic horror period piece“Sinners” (2025). Set in1932, the moviefollows ...

Her live sets showcase a blend of New Orleans blues, gospel, rock, funk and soul ... farm in the Mississippi Delta and jumped a freight train to New Orleans as a young teenager.

She also sang the popular hymns of the day, including the compositions of bluesman turned gospel musician, Thomas A. Dorsey. Indeed, elements of blues are readily apparent ... Dorsey’s “This Train” ...

According to NPR, Tharpe and her mother settled in Chicago in the mid-1920s, where she combined Delta blues, New Orleans jazz and gospel music ... to a crowd across a train station platform ...

while filming the Granada Television special ‘Blues And Gospel Train’, 7th May 7 1964. (Photo by TV Times/TV Times via Getty Images) In 1970, Tharpe suffered a stroke but continued to tour ...

This new soul genre merged gospel music with the profanity of the blues. The church called it ... and hit shows like “Soul Train” beamed Motown stars into living rooms across the country ...

From blues and jazz to rock’n’roll and ... Walter’s second No.1 R&B record was based on a gospel song – “This Train,” originally recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

And her take on “Hellbound Train” is the best ... this early gospel artist really did invent a lot of the distorted tones that blues and rock players would later adopt – but before she ...

For an additional price, children can go on the zoo train, ride the carousel ... played an integral role in the development of Memphis as well as the development of blues music. Today the historic ...

Sammie is one of these people. He’s Smoke and Sonny’s little cousin and his mesmerising blues singing and guitar playing will be the centrepiece of the club’s opening night but it’s also ...