AltWeeklies Wire
Blues Revue Is a Mixed Bag of Bluesnew
The blues are a changeable thing, made up of equal parts ecstasy and despair. But the combination packaged into a 106-minute form makes for an odd laughter and tears rhythm.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-02-2004 |
Reviews
Blues Film Lights a Sparknew
Ostensibly a record of one mighty blues show, this film goes beyond the tag of concert film and achieves something more: a living history lesson, tracing the evolving sound of the blues.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-12-2004 |
Reviews
Next Best Thing to Being Therenew
The Radio City concert that was performed a century after the birth of the blues and gorgeously filmed by Antoine Fuqua gives us a profound sense of how the blues has blossomed over the years -- and the far corners it has reached.
