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Blissed-out, ecstatic union with our divine selves -- we seek it at raves and rock concerts, and in the desert with the Burning Man. I try to get there when I'm jamming with my band -- but I didn't realize until I wrote The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu how much this longing relates to West African spirituality, and the Voodoo concept of possession. Read More

Many people consider the southern Delta region of the United States as the cradle of the blues. Read More

Many people consider the southern Delta region of the United States as the cradle of the blues. Read More

We get a lot of records sent to us here at The A.V. Club. Read More

Vernon Reid has a busy 2012 on tap, with a new jazz-rock collaboration as a part of Spectrum Road to be issued next month and then a reunion project planned with Living Colour. Read More

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Screamin' Jay Hawkins was the most outrageous performer extant during rock's dawn. Prone to emerging out of coffins on-stage, a... Read the full Screamin' Jay Hawkins bio.

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