Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Those for whom “Don’t Stop The Music” is not a 2007 dance hit by Rihanna but a 1980 soul-funk classic by ...

The importance of aroma is obvious to anyone who has ever attempted to eat while congested: when our sense of smell is compromised, much of our sense of taste goes with it. Given its significance, it ...

One sensational guitarist, two powerhouse bluesmen, four savvy backup singers, and some 60 songs by legendary blues artist Blind Lemon Jefferson are enough to make any blues lover go weak at the knees ...

“Sinners,” set in Mississippi in 1932—and the winner of four Oscars, including for best original score—has drawn fresh attention to early blues. A few years before then, Blind Lemon Jefferson became ...

and I ain’t got a dime. I’m broke and I ain’t got a dime And life can turn on a dime, said Blind Lemon Jefferson, a proud man who sang on street corners and could tell if you only threw a penny in his ...

Considering he was the most popular male blues recording artist of the 1920s, we know surprisingly little about Blind Lemon Jefferson. Between 1925 and 1929, he made at least 100 recordings, including ...

A century before Drake, Adele and Olivia Rodrigo sang their sad songs, Blind Lemon Jefferson showed the world what depression and heartache were really all about. The first male blues superstar - and ...

Halfway between a revue and a full-fledged biography, "Blind Lemon Blues" satisfies musical cravings but leaves one hungry for narrative or at least a few more details. In a return engagement by the ...