Because the genre of 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 ...

New novel captures a legendary bluesman at an early midlife crossroads, well before the myth — that he sold his soul to the ...

Me and the Devil Blues: Robert Johnson and His Legacy | Sweethome ... Johnson merely upped the calibre of the shotgun), but Johnson was the first artist to consciously trim his songs for recording ...

The Blues According To Rory Block article by C. Michael Bailey, published on October 20, 2024 at All About Jazz. Find more ...

The late blues scholar, musician and writer Julian ... his friendship with the Rolling Stones and the direct influence of ...

Keith Richards doesn't need anyone questioning his credentials as a guitarist, but he knew this blues legend would wipe the ...

Typically, blues artists write out of their own experience ... and he's a link to the Delta because his mother had a relationship with Robert Johnson, who was known as the King of the Delta ...

Kingfish: Well, from the traditional blues sound, you got guys like Son House, Robert Johnson, Johnny Shines ... there have been some artists who have come on the scene, who have somehow melded ...

For more than 50 years, five-time Grammy award-winning American blues guitarist and singer Robert Cray has been searching for ...

Willis – who was ranked among the top 21 new blues guitarists in a recent Guitar Player poll – has the uncanny knack of ...

Typically, blues artists write out of their own experience ... and he's a link to the Delta because his mother had a relationship with Robert Johnson, who was known as the King of the Delta ...