The path is chronicled from the music of Africa, specifically Mali, to the American blues cultivated in the Missippi Delta.
Chronicles the stories of bluesmen Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, and J.B. Lenoir.
An examination of the city of Memphis, its importance to the history of blues, and its native blues pioneer, B.B. King.
Focuses on the tensions created by the emergence of the blues in the 1950's, with a devilish wail that conflicted with the established angelic, devoted sounds of gospel.
Director Marc Levin, rapper Chuck D, and Chess records heir Marshall Chess head to Chicago to detail the creation of a new album by various legends of the city's blues heyday.
Examines the 1960s birth of the blues-based rock revolution in the United Kingdom, which was inspired largely by the black blues musicians that were still on the underground in the United States.
Examines a specific aspect of the blues, the piano, and focuses on its classic and contemporary legends.