Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The oldest juke joint in Mississippi, and perhaps the whole of the U.S., is still keeping the blues alive 78 years after first ...
The blues runs deep through Orlando Paden’s veins. As a child, he danced for nickels and quarters by the jukebox. He cleaned, crushed cans, and bagged them. He’d greet Mr. Bill, the bouncer, at the ...
Ryan Coogler's latest film, "Sinners," a spicy cinematic gumbo of African American folk tale, painful racial history and vampire horror starring Michael B. Jordan, has bolted out of the box-office ...
Like many a horror classic, “Sinners” spends a significant amount of time with its characters trapped in a single location. Smoke and Stack, the twins played by Michael B. Jordan, open a juke joint in ...
Music journalist Betto Arcos goes to Bentonia, Mississippi, to get a music and history lesson from a storied musician and owner of one of the region's remaining juke joints. Jimmy Holmes is the owner ...
The oldest juke joint in Mississippi, and perhaps the whole of the U.S., is still keeping the blues alive 78 years after first opening its doors. The historic Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, owned by ...