Blues musician Robert Johnson was honored Sunday. A free public screening of "I Believe I'll Go Back Home: Robert Johnson's Copiah County Roots and Living Legacy" took place at the Two Mississippi ...

Because blues music is so old and dates back even before vinyl records and other recording means, there remains a significant amount of mystery regarding its early years. Born in the American South ...

What happened to the profoundly influential blues musician Robert Johnson at a crossroads near Dockery Farms, Mississippi, when he was on his way to seek opportunity in Memphis? Blues legend has it ...

EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Collins Entertainment and Concord Originals are partnering on a biopic of Robert Johnson, the influential musician nicknamed the King of the Delta Blues. The project will mark the ...

The first published novel by Kalamu ya Salaam is cause for celebration. “Walkin’ Blues,” a speculative account of the life of Mississippi blues legend Robert Johnson — one of the most lauded and ...

Between the time bluesman Tab Benoit released his first solo album, Nice and Warm, in 1992, until Medicine dropped in 2011, he kept his foot on the accelerator, putting out new collections of original ...

1. The Complete Recordings / Robert Johnson 1 -- 2. The Best of Muddy Waters / Muddy Waters 9 -- 3. The Best of Little Walter / Little Walter 14 -- 4. Trouble No More: Singles (1955-1959) / Muddy ...

The story of Johnson is part of the genre’s history to be explored through musical performance, multimedia projections and ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The first Black radio station owner in Tennessee, the first woman to start her own record company, and a blues legend were among six people inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of ...

Slash returns to his blues roots with the fiery new single Crossroads (Live), taken from the upcoming live album and concert film Live At The S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival, out 7 November.

"I think the blues will always be around. People need it," guitar legend Johnny Winter famously said. And his words couldn't be more true than in Mississippi. Blues music has been passed down through ...