The Smithsonian Institution has mined its archives to produce a television documentary and CD boxed set of an icon of American folk and blues, Lead Belly. “In 2012 we produced ‘Woody at 100’ for the ...

NEW YORK — Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter never had a hit record before he died of Lou Gehrig’s disease in 1949. But the folksinging legend, who is being celebrated next week as part of Black History ...

As I settled into my flight from Washington, DC to San Francisco, I decided to watch a Panic Fest screener. I had a press library at my fingertips and a list of films I couldn’t wait to see. So, I ...

In 2021, Stephen King Simmons’ The Parker Sessions arrived on the festival circuit. Inspired by his own experiences with night terrors, the film was a poignant and impactful story told through the ...

Folk and blues singer Huddie Ledbetter, known by his stage name Lead Belly, turned up at a friend’s Minneapolis home and gave a short concert back in 1948. CATHY WURZER: Oh, do we have a story for you ...

This concert review was originally published in The Plain Dealer on Nov. 9, 2004. What do classic-rocker Robert Plant, the Chicano roots-rock band Los Lobos and neo-bluegrass singer-fiddler Alison ...

Like a celebration thrown by B.B. for his countless fans, published for the occasion of his 80th birthday, The B. B. King Treasures brings remembrances, photos, and rare and personal memorabilia ...

Lead Belly begins as a mumblecore coming-of-age story about two brothers spending a weird summer with their alcoholic dad. They rent weird movies (Kyle especially tries out a Faces of Death-type film ...