Listen to the official audio for Lead Belly's "Irene (Goodnight Irene)" from the 2015 box set 'Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection.' 'Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection' ...

Huddie Ledbetter was born into poverty, battled racism, and did time, but in spite of his early hardships, or perhaps because of them, he became one of the great musicians of the 20th century. We ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - He was a Louisiana musical great who recorded songs that influenced blues, folk, country and rock and roll. He went by the name Lead Belly. His journey to fame was filled ...

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 ...

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 ...

The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south.