Archive for Music
The hoodoo roots of blues music
When millions of Africans were forcibly transported to America as slaves between 1500 and 1900 they lost their freedom, but their spiritual and magical beliefs survived in blues music… In 1526 a ship arrived off what is now South Carolina. In control of it were five hundred French men and ... [More]
Seasick Steve: Identity of ghost that haunts hobo bluesman’s Trance Wonder guitar – uncovered and revealed…
The spirit inside Seasick Steve’s guitar is the mojo that propelled him to success – Doktor Snake uncovers who that spirit was in life… Down-home bluesman Seasick Steve attributes much of his amazing success to his cheap, weather-beaten guitar, which he says, is haunted. ... [More]
