The show exploring Black America's migration out of the South through a musical lens opens Sunday as part of the Tucson Desert Song Festival.

The songwriter has an opportunity to hit the ground running. Find four of country's best opening lines, below.

Proving that even British bands could get in on the yacht rock act, the Climax Blues Band knocked off a pair of songs that fit well into the canon. There was the sleekly funky "Couldn't Get It Right" ...

The shuffling rhythm of the guitar, the steady walking of the bass, the melismatic voice pouring out emotions: Blues is the sound of history, created by Black American musicians in the 1890s, with ...