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Topic: blues

"Sinners" (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

The radical, divine message of "Sinners"

Melanie McFarland
(AP/Harry Harris)

A bluesy winter night in New York

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Zeshan B; Donald Trump (Peter Cooper/AP/Evan Vucci)

Salon Stage: Zeshan B

Rachel Leah

Oates on the "continuum"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Nina Simone in a still from "What Happened, Miss Simone?" (Sundance Institute)

Nina Simone and Civil Rights

Jamie Ludwig
FILE - In this April 21, 1980 file photo, B.B. King, left, and an accompanist perform during the opening of the 1980 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. King died Thursday, May 14, 2015, peacefully in his sleep at his Las Vegas home at age 89, his lawyer said. (AP Photo, File) (AP)

B.B. King, 89, passed away

Ken Ritter - The Associated Press
Willis Earl Beal in "Memphis"

A moody trip through "Memphis"

Andrew O'Hehir
(Jennifer Tipoulow)

Prachi Gupta
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Elvis Presley (AP)

Noah Berlatsky

The Weekly Feed
Valerie June (Jack Plunkett/invision/ap)

The Weekly Feed
T-Model Ford playing at Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar in Charlottesville, VA on March 1, 2010 (Wikimedia Commons)

Patrick Wensink - The Weeklings
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(Neale Cousland/Shutterstock)

Prachi Gupta
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